Zugmaschine
[ˈt͡suːkmaˌʃiːnə]
The verdict
“Zugmaschine” is an uncommon German word, ranked #76,423 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #76,423
- frequency rank, German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - motorisiertes Fahrzeug ohne eigene Nutzfläche, das dazu dient, Anhänger zu ziehen, zum Beispiel als Motorwagen eines Sattelschleppers
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Zugmaschine |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡suːkmaˌʃiːnə] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #76,423 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Zugmaschine” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Zugmaschine is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈt͡suːkmaˌʃiːnə]. Corpus data places it at rank #76,423 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "motorisiertes Fahrzeug ohne eigene Nutzfläche, das dazu dient, Anhänger zu ziehen, zum Beispiel als Motorwagen eines Sattelschleppers".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Zugmaschine, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Zugmaschine, spelled Z-U-G-M-A-S-C-H-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1motorisiertes Fahrzeug ohne eigene Nutzfläche, das dazu dient, Anhänger zu ziehen, zum Beispiel als Motorwagen eines Sattelschleppers
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.
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Using “Zugmaschine”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is Z-U-G-M-A-S-C-H-I-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈt͡suːkmaˌʃiːnə] (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.