zufrieren
[ˈt͡suːˌfʁiːʁən]
The verdict
“zufrieren” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - von Oberflächen oder Öffnungen: von Eis überzogen werden; sich durch Eisbildung verschließen
Corpus desk
Index DE-zufrieren · zufrieren · German
zufrieren · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | zufrieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈt͡suːˌfʁiːʁən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „zufrieren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
zufrieren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈt͡suːˌfʁiːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "von Oberflächen oder Öffnungen: von Eis überzogen werden; sich durch Eisbildung verschließen".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for zufrieren, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 zufrieren, spelled Z-U-F-R-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1von Oberflächen oder Öffnungen: von Eis überzogen werden; sich durch Eisbildung verschließen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how zufrieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Damit ein Gewässer zufriert, muss es lange Zeit sehr kalt sein.
Nachdem der Wörthersee erstmals seit 21 Jahren komplett zugefroren ist und zwischen Klagenfurt und Velden statt Surfern und Dampfern die Schlittschuhläufer regieren, feiert die Region dieses Ereignis gebührend.
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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.