Zugluft

[ˈt͡suːkˌlʊft]

/[ˈt͡suːkˌlʊft]/ noun

The verdict

“Zugluft” is uncommon German (frequency #63,969 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,969
frequency rank, German
1,996
“Z” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - als unangenehm empfundene Luftbewegung

Corpus desk

Index DE-zugluft · Zugluft · German

Zugluft · rank #63,969 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,969
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,996
  • PHOTO-FINISH zugeschüttet

Nearest frequency peer: zugeschüttet (-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 „Zugluft“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Zugluft
PropertyValue
HeadwordZugluft
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈt͡suːkˌlʊft]
Letters7
Frequency rank#63,969
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Zugluft“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Zugluftfällt 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: „zugeschüttet“ (#63,968), „Zukunftsmusik“ (#63,970), „zugeschnittene“ (#63,967). Unter 1,996 „Z“-Lemmata liegt „Zugluft“ bei #63,969. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Zugluft is uncommon German at frequency #63,969 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt͡suːkˌlʊft]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "als unangenehm empfundene Luftbewegung".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Zugluft in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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 its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Zugluft, spelled Z-U-G-L-U-F-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    als unangenehm empfundene Luftbewegung

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. In der Zugluft bekomme ich leicht Kopfweh.
  2. „Weil durch das Öffnen der Tür Zugluft sich in den dicken Brokatvorhängen verfängt, dringt Essensgeruch vom gegenüberliegenden Gasthaus nach innen.“

Synonyms

This word in other languages

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 "Zugluft"?
"Zugluft" is spelled Z-U-G-L-U-F-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt͡suːkˌlʊft].
What does "Zugluft" mean?
As a noun, "Zugluft" means: als unangenehm empfundene Luftbewegung
How do you pronounce "Zugluft"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Zugluft" is [ˈt͡suːkˌlʊft]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Zugluft" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list