Zug

/[t͡suːk]/ noun

Letters

3 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,067

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Zug is aGermannoun. It means: mehrere hintereinander gekoppelte Fahrzeuge (speziell auf Schienen) Pronounced [t͡suːk]. It ranks #1,067 in German word frequency. Often confused with zum and zur.

Key facts for Zug
PropertyValue
HeadwordZug
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[t͡suːk]
Letters3
Frequency rank#1,067
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Zug in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Zug is 3 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [t͡suːk]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,067 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 21 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for Zug in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "zum", "zur", "zwo", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Zug, spelled Z-U-G, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    mehrere hintereinander gekoppelte Fahrzeuge (speziell auf Schienen)
  2. 2
    Kraft, die in eine bestimmte Richtung zieht
  3. 3
    das Einwirken auf etwas, um es zu sich hin zu bewegen; gegen die Kräfte des Festhaltens oder des inneren Zusammenhalts wirkende Kraft
  4. 4
    Luftzug; starker Luftdurchgang (vor allem in Gebäuden)
  5. 5
    Bewegen einer Brettspielfigur von einem Feld auf ein anderes
  6. 6
    kleinere Organisationseinheit in einer Hierarchie
  7. 7
    kleinere Organisationseinheit in einer Hierarchie
  8. 8
    kleinere Organisationseinheit in einer Hierarchie
  9. 9
    kleinere Organisationseinheit in einer Hierarchie
  10. 10
    kleinere Organisationseinheit in einer Hierarchie
  11. 11
    Wanderung
  12. 12
    Wanderung
  13. 13
    das Einatmen (Atemzug), das Rauchen (inhalieren) oder das Schlucken beim Trinken
  14. 14
    Personengruppe bei feierlichen oder fröhlichen Anlässen auf einem gemeinsamen Weg
  15. 15
    charakteristische Form der Linie
  16. 16
    charakteristische Form der Linie
  17. 17
    charakteristische Form der Linie
  18. 18
    charakteristische Form der Linie
  19. 19
    spiralförmige Rille im Lauf von Feuerwaffen
  20. 20
    Vorrichtung, die durch Ziehen ein Ereignis auslöst
  21. 21
    Unternehmung mit Waffeneinsatz

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Frequency rank: #1,067 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Zug"?
"Zug" is spelled Z-U-G. The IPA pronunciation is [t͡suːk].
What does "Zug" mean?
As a noun, "Zug" means: mehrere hintereinander gekoppelte Fahrzeuge (speziell auf Schienen)
What words are commonly confused with "Zug"?
"Zug" is commonly confused with "zum", "zur", "zwo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Zug"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Zug" is [t͡suːk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Zug" come from?
"Zug" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.