Zugmaschine

[ˈt͡suːkmaˌʃiːnə]

/[ˈt͡suːkmaˌʃiːnə]/ noun

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Zugmaschine
PropertyValue
HeadwordZugmaschine
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈt͡suːkmaˌʃiːnə]
Letters11
Frequency rank#76,423
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Zugmaschine“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Zugmaschinefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „zugeschoben“ (#76,422), „Zugpersonal“ (#76,424), „zurückdenken“ (#76,425). Unter 1,996 „Z“-Lemmata liegt „Zugmaschine“ bei #76,423. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    motorisiertes Fahrzeug ohne eigene Nutzfläche, das dazu dient, Anhänger zu ziehen, zum Beispiel als Motorwagen eines Sattelschleppers

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Zugmaschine"?
"Zugmaschine" is spelled Z-U-G-M-A-S-C-H-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt͡suːkmaˌʃiːnə].
What does "Zugmaschine" mean?
As a noun, "Zugmaschine" means: motorisiertes Fahrzeug ohne eigene Nutzfläche, das dazu dient, Anhänger zu ziehen, zum Beispiel als Motorwagen eines Sattelschleppers
How do you pronounce "Zugmaschine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Zugmaschine" is [ˈt͡suːkmaˌʃiːnə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Zugmaschine" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list