Zugluft

[ˈt͡suːkˌlʊft]

/[ˈt͡suːkˌlʊft]/ noun

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The verdict

“Zugluft” is an uncommon German word, ranked #63,969 in German word frequency and used as a noun.

#63,969
frequency rank, German
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - als unangenehm empfundene Luftbewegung

Key facts for Zugluft
PropertyValue
HeadwordZugluft
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈt͡suːkˌlʊft]
Letters7
Frequency rank#63,969
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Zugluft” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Zugluft lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Zugluft is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈt͡suːkˌlʊft]. Corpus data places it at rank #63,969 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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

Synonyms

Zug

This word in other languages

draught(English)courant d'air(Français)

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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Using “Zugluft”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is Z-U-G-L-U-F-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈt͡suːkˌlʊft] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list