zubuttern
[ˈt͡suːˌbʊtɐn]
The verdict
“zubuttern” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - für eine Person oder eine Sache etwas oder auch viel aus seinem Privatvermögen zuschießen
Corpus desk
Index DE-zubuttern · zubuttern · German
zubuttern · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Z" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zubuttern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈt͡suːˌbʊtɐn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „zubuttern“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
zubuttern is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈt͡suːˌbʊtɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for zubuttern, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is zubuttern, spelled Z-U-B-U-T-T-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1für eine Person oder eine Sache etwas oder auch viel aus seinem Privatvermögen zuschießen
- 2Spielzug, bei dem hochwertige Karten in den Stich eines Mitspielers geworfen werden, um die Punkte gutgeschrieben zu bekommen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how zubuttern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bei meinem Laden buttere ich zu.
Obwohl die USA drei Milliarden Dollar für den Kampf gegen Drogenhandel und linke Rebellen zubuttern, urteilt die New York Times: „Kolumbien kapituliert vor der Mafia“.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.