zudecken

[ˈt͡suːˌdɛkn̩]

/[ˈt͡suːˌdɛkn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“zudecken” is uncommon German (frequency #61,221 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,221
frequency rank, German
1,996
“Z” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemand oder etwas unter einer Sache verbergen oder schützen, indem etwas darübergelegt wird

Corpus desk

Index DE-zudecken · zudecken · German

zudecken · rank #61,221 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,221
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,996
  • PHOTO-FINISH Zicken

Nearest frequency peer: Zicken (-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 „zudecken“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for zudecken
PropertyValue
Headwordzudecken
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈt͡suːˌdɛkn̩]
Letters8
Frequency rank#61,221
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „zudecken“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).zudeckenfällt 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: „Zicken“ (#61,220), „zurückfordern“ (#61,222), „zerstörerischen“ (#61,219). Unter 1,996 „Z“-Lemmata liegt „zudecken“ bei #61,221. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

zudecken is uncommon German at frequency #61,221 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈt͡suːˌdɛkn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for zudecken in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is zudecken, spelled Z-U-D-E-C-K-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    jemand oder etwas unter einer Sache verbergen oder schützen, indem etwas darübergelegt wird
  2. 2
    mit einer Decke/Bettdecke bedecken

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Es ist in manchen Gegenden üblich, gleich nach dem Herbste die Weinstöcke rund herum mit Erde zuzudecken. Die Absicht dieses Anhäufelns ist, die Weinstöcke den Winter über vor dem Erfrieren zu beschützen.“
  2. „Wir benutzen Abhängigkeit, Amüsement, den Dienst in der Kirchengemeinde, Religion, Alkohol, Frauen und alles mögliche andere, um diese Leere zu füllen oder zuzudecken.“

Antonyms

abdeckenfreilegenöffnenentblößen

This word in other languages

cover(English)recouvrir(Français)tapar(Português)

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 "zudecken"?
"zudecken" is spelled Z-U-D-E-C-K-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt͡suːˌdɛkn̩].
What does "zudecken" mean?
As a verb, "zudecken" means: jemand oder etwas unter einer Sache verbergen oder schützen, indem etwas darübergelegt wird
How do you pronounce "zudecken"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "zudecken" is [ˈt͡suːˌdɛkn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "zudecken" come from?
"zudecken" 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 "zudecken", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

übermalt#61,232Wienerin#61,198abzocken#61,248weiteste#61,193

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list