Zugverbindung
[ˈt͡suːkfɛɐ̯ˌbɪndʊŋ]
The verdict
“Zugverbindung” is uncommon German (frequency #75,281 among 37,643 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,281
- frequency rank, German
- 37,643
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Verbindung in Form einer Eisenbahnstrecke, die durch einen Zug bedient wird
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Zugverbindung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡suːkfɛɐ̯ˌbɪndʊŋ] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #75,281 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Zugverbindung” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Zugverbindung is uncommon German at frequency #75,281 among 37,643 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt͡suːkfɛɐ̯ˌbɪndʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zugverbindung doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Zugverbindung, spelled Z-U-G-V-E-R-B-I-N-D-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Verbindung in Form einer Eisenbahnstrecke, die durch einen Zug bedient wird
- 2Verbindung mehrerer Züge, um ein Ziel zu erreichen
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 “Zugverbindung”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is Z-U-G-V-E-R-B-I-N-D-U-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.