Zuckerrübe
[ˈt͡sʊkɐˌʁyːbə]
The verdict
“Zuckerrübe” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Unterart der Rübe, die für die Herstellung von Zucker verwendet wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-zuckerrube · Zuckerrübe · German
Zuckerrübe · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Zuckerrübe |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡sʊkɐˌʁyːbə] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Zuckerrübe“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Zuckerrübe is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt͡sʊkɐˌʁyːbə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Unterart der Rübe, die für die Herstellung von Zucker verwendet wird".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Zuckerrübe, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Zuckerrübe, spelled Z-U-C-K-E-R-R-Ü-B-E.
Definition
- 1Unterart der Rübe, die für die Herstellung von Zucker verwendet wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Zuckerrübe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Zuckerrübe wurde zur Zuckergewinnung aus der Runkelrübe gezüchtet.
„Bei Kulturen, die noch länger am Feld sind, wie Mais, Erdäpfel, Zuckerrübe und Sojabohne droht wegen der Trockenheit zuletzt allerdings in manchen Regionen ein Totalausfall.“
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.