zugrunde richten
[t͡suˈɡʁʊndə ˌʁɪçtn̩]
The verdict
“zugrunde richten” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zerstören
Corpus desk
Index DE-zugrunde-richten · zugrunde richten · German
zugrunde richten · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Z" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zugrunde richten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [t͡suˈɡʁʊndə ˌʁɪçtn̩] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „zugrunde richten“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
zugrunde richten is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [t͡suˈɡʁʊndə ˌʁɪçtn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "zerstören".
No misspelling variants are generated for zugrunde richten in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is zugrunde richten, spelled Z-U-G-R-U-N-D-E- -R-I-C-H-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1zerstören
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how zugrunde richten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Dabei blieben auch die Parkanlagen nicht verschont, in denen ‚jahrelange gärtnerische Bemühungen zugrunde gerichtet‘ wurden.“
„Wenn eine Klasse das Bedürfnis hat, sich zugrunde zu richten, so kann kein Mensch sie zurückhalten.“
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.