züchtig
[ˈt͡sʏçtɪç]
The verdict
“züchtig” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein hohes Maß an Anstand besitzend, sich sittlich und moralisch verhaltend
Corpus desk
Index DE-zuchtig · züchtig · German
züchtig · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | züchtig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈt͡sʏçtɪç] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „züchtig“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
züchtig is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈt͡sʏçtɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein hohes Maß an Anstand besitzend, sich sittlich und moralisch verhaltend".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for züchtig, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is züchtig, spelled Z-Ü-C-H-T-I-G.
Definition
- 1ein hohes Maß an Anstand besitzend, sich sittlich und moralisch verhaltend
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how züchtig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Auch in einigen Sexkomödien der damaligen Zeit wirkte sie, stets züchtig bekleidet, in kleinen Nebenrollen mit.“
This word in other languages
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.