zugeknöpft

[ˈt͡suːɡəˌknœp͡ft]

/[ˈt͡suːɡəˌknœp͡ft]/ adj

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The verdict

“zugeknöpft” is uncommon German (frequency #88,571 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#88,571
frequency rank, German
1,996
“Z” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - durch Knöpfe geschlossen

Corpus desk

Index DE-zugeknopft · zugeknöpft · German

zugeknöpft · rank #88,571 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #88,571
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,996
  • PHOTO-FINISH zollte

Nearest frequency peer: zollte (-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 „zugeknöpft“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for zugeknöpft
PropertyValue
Headwordzugeknöpft
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈt͡suːɡəˌknœp͡ft]
Letters10
Frequency rank#88,571
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „zugeknöpft“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).zugeknöpftfällt 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: „zollte“ (#88,570), „zurechtgelegt“ (#88,572), „zivilisatorischen“ (#88,569). Unter 1,996 „Z“-Lemmata liegt „zugeknöpft“ bei #88,571. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

zugeknöpft is uncommon German at frequency #88,571 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈt͡suːɡəˌknœp͡ft]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

zugeknöpft has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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 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 zugeknöpft, spelled Z-U-G-E-K-N-Ö-P-F-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    durch Knöpfe geschlossen
  2. 2
    Gefühle oder Meinungen zurückhaltend, in sich gekehrt, verschlossen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Schließlich versuchte er, sich das zugeknöpfte Hemd über den Kopf zu ziehen.“
  2. „Ihr seid zugeknöpfte Langweiler!“

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 "zugeknöpft"?
"zugeknöpft" is spelled Z-U-G-E-K-N-Ö-P-F-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt͡suːɡəˌknœp͡ft].
What does "zugeknöpft" mean?
As an adjective, "zugeknöpft" means: durch Knöpfe geschlossen
How do you pronounce "zugeknöpft"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "zugeknöpft" is [ˈt͡suːɡəˌknœp͡ft]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "zugeknöpft" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "zugeknöpft", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list