Zugmaschine
[ˈt͡suːkmaˌʃiːnə]
The verdict
“Zugmaschine” is uncommon German (frequency #76,423 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,423
- frequency rank, German
- 1,996
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - motorisiertes Fahrzeug ohne eigene Nutzfläche, das dazu dient, Anhänger zu ziehen, zum Beispiel als Motorwagen eines Sattelschleppers
Corpus desk
Index DE-zugmaschine · Zugmaschine · German
Zugmaschine · rank #76,423 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,423
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,996
- PHOTO-FINISH zugeschoben
Nearest frequency peer: zugeschoben (-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 „Zugmaschine“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- zufriedenst…
zufriedenstellenden
23,581 corpus weight
- zugeschoben
zugeschoben
23,579 corpus weight
- Zugmaschine
Zugmaschine
23,578 corpus weight
- Zugpersonal
Zugpersonal
23,577 corpus weight
- zurückdenken
zurückdenken
23,576 corpus weight
- zusammensit…
zusammensitzen
23,575 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Zugmaschine“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| 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) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Zugmaschine“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Zugmaschine is uncommon German at frequency #76,423 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt͡suːkmaˌʃiːnə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Zugmaschine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Dabei reagierte er weniger auf das, was er in den Rückspiegeln registrierte, sondern auf die schaukelnde Eigenbewegung der Zugmaschine.“
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).