Zuckung
[ˈt͡sʊkʊŋ]
The verdict
“Zuckung” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - kurze, heftige, oft unwillkürliche Bewegung
Corpus desk
Index DE-zuckung · Zuckung · German
Zuckung · 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 | Zuckung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡sʊkʊŋ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Zuckung“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Zuckung is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt͡sʊkʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "kurze, heftige, oft unwillkürliche Bewegung".
No misspelling variants are generated for Zuckung in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 Zuckung, spelled Z-U-C-K-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1kurze, heftige, oft unwillkürliche Bewegung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Zuckung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Kollegen in der Firma bemerkten seinen Krampfanfall, sahen die Zuckungen seiner Arme und Beine und den seltsam starren Blick.“
„Ich beobachte die beiden, wie sie sich unter Zuckungen Zoll um Zoll über die Tanzfläche bewegen; sie bewegen sich wie ein Oktopus, der sich in Brunst bringt.“
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.