Zuckerwasser

[ˈt͡sʊkɐˌvasɐ]

/[ˈt͡sʊkɐˌvasɐ]/ noun

The verdict

“Zuckerwasser” is uncommon German (frequency #78,795 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,795
frequency rank, German
1,996
“Z” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zuckerhaltiges, mit Zucker versetztes Wasser

Corpus desk

Index DE-zuckerwasser · Zuckerwasser · German

Zuckerwasser · rank #78,795 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,795
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,996
  • PHOTO-FINISH zugewandte

Nearest frequency peer: zugewandte (+1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Zuckerwasser“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Zuckerwasser“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Zuckerwasser
PropertyValue
HeadwordZuckerwasser
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈt͡sʊkɐˌvasɐ]
Letters12
Frequency rank#78,795
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Zuckerwasser“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Zuckerwasserfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „zugewandte“ (#78,796), „Zollverwaltung“ (#78,793), „zurechtkommt“ (#78,797). Unter 1,996 „Z“-Lemmata liegt „Zuckerwasser“ bei #78,795. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Zuckerwasser is uncommon German at frequency #78,795 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt͡sʊkɐˌvasɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "zuckerhaltiges, mit Zucker versetztes Wasser".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Zuckerwasser, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Zuckerwasser, spelled Z-U-C-K-E-R-W-A-S-S-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    zuckerhaltiges, mit Zucker versetztes Wasser

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Zuckerwasser appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Das Schmerzmittel, die Blutkonserven und das Zuckerwasser brachten nicht nur seinen Körper auf Vordermann, sondern machten ihn auch optimistischer.“
  2. „Er weckte ihn immer wieder, um ihm das Zuckerwasser einzuflößen, und die trockene Kehle des Jungen arbeitete heftig.“

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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Zuckerwasser"?
"Zuckerwasser" is spelled Z-U-C-K-E-R-W-A-S-S-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt͡sʊkɐˌvasɐ].
What does "Zuckerwasser" mean?
As a noun, "Zuckerwasser" means: zuckerhaltiges, mit Zucker versetztes Wasser
How do you pronounce "Zuckerwasser"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Zuckerwasser" is [ˈt͡sʊkɐˌvasɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Zuckerwasser" come from?
"Zuckerwasser" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Zuckerwasser", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list