zugreift

[ˈt͡suːˌɡʁaɪ̯ft]

/[ˈt͡suːˌɡʁaɪ̯ft]/ verb

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The verdict

“zugreift” is uncommon German (frequency #84,842 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#84,842
frequency rank, German
1,996
“Z” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs zugreifen

Corpus desk

Index DE-zugreift · zugreift · German

zugreift · rank #84,842 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #84,842
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,996
  • PHOTO-FINISH zufriedenzust…

Nearest frequency peer: zufriedenzustellen (-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 „zugreift“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for zugreift
PropertyValue
Headwordzugreift
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈt͡suːˌɡʁaɪ̯ft]
Letters8
Frequency rank#84,842
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „zugreift“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).zugreiftfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „zufriedenzustellen“ (#84,841), „zuhöre“ (#84,843), „Zolls“ (#84,840). Unter 1,996 „Z“-Lemmata liegt „zugreift“ bei #84,842. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

zugreift is uncommon German at frequency #84,842 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈt͡suːˌɡʁaɪ̯ft]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for zugreift, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is zugreift, spelled Z-U-G-R-E-I-F-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs zugreifen
  2. 2
    2. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs zugreifen

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 "zugreift"?
"zugreift" is spelled Z-U-G-R-E-I-F-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt͡suːˌɡʁaɪ̯ft].
What does "zugreift" mean?
As a verb, "zugreift" means: 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs zugreifen
How do you pronounce "zugreift"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "zugreift" is [ˈt͡suːˌɡʁaɪ̯ft]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "zugreift" come from?
"zugreift" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

zermalmt#84,832Zensuren#84,830Wrangler#84,809wohnlich#84,807

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list