zudrücken
German, verb
zudrücken is spelled Z-U-D-R-Ü-C-K-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 58,632nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zudrücken is a German verb meaning “to push closed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Zudrücken is a different word: “gerund of zudrücken”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit einer schiebenden Bewegung (unter Druck) schließen”.
What does zudrücken mean in English?
verb
- 1
to push closed
noun
- 1
neutergerund of zudrücken
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. mit einer schiebenden Bewegung (unter Druck) schließen 2. mit Kraft die Hand eines Anderen greifen und diese dabei merklich zusammenpressen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of zudrücken
- drückt zu present singular third-person
- drückte zu past
- zugedrückt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- zudrückend participle present
- zuzudrücken infinitive infinitive-zu
- drücke zu first-person indicative present
- drücken zu first-person indicative plural
- drückst zu indicative present second-person
- drückest zu second-person singular subjunctive
- drücket zu plural second-person subjunctive
- drückten zu first-person indicative plural
- drücktest zu indicative preterite second-person
- drücktet zu indicative plural preterite
- drück zu! imperative singular
- drücke zu! imperative singular
- drückt zu! imperative plural
- zugedrückt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is zudrücken in German?
zudrücken appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).