zugelaufen

[ˈt͡suːɡəˌlaʊ̯fn̩]

/[ˈt͡suːɡəˌlaʊ̯fn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“zugelaufen” is uncommon German (frequency #83,570 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#83,570
frequency rank, German
1,996
“Z” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partizip Perfekt des Verbs zulaufen

Corpus desk

Index DE-zugelaufen · zugelaufen · German

zugelaufen · rank #83,570 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #83,570
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,996
  • PHOTO-FINISH zugelassener

Nearest frequency peer: zugelassener (-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 „zugelaufen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for zugelaufen
PropertyValue
Headwordzugelaufen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈt͡suːɡəˌlaʊ̯fn̩]
Letters10
Frequency rank#83,570
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „zugelaufen“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.zugelaufenfällt 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: „zugelassener“ (#83,569), „zugemauert“ (#83,571), „zugefroren“ (#83,568). Unter 1,996 „Z“-Lemmata liegt „zugelaufen“ bei #83,570. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

zugelaufen is uncommon German at frequency #83,570 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈt͡suːɡəˌlaʊ̯fn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partizip Perfekt des Verbs zulaufen".

zugelaufen has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 zugelaufen, spelled Z-U-G-E-L-A-U-F-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partizip Perfekt des Verbs zulaufen

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 "zugelaufen"?
"zugelaufen" is spelled Z-U-G-E-L-A-U-F-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt͡suːɡəˌlaʊ̯fn̩].
What does "zugelaufen" mean?
As a verb, "zugelaufen" means: Partizip Perfekt des Verbs zulaufen
How do you pronounce "zugelaufen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "zugelaufen" is [ˈt͡suːɡəˌlaʊ̯fn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "zugelaufen" come from?
"zugelaufen" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

zugemauert#83,571zugefroren#83,568zulässiger#83,575zitternden#83,562

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list