Zugversuch
German, noun[ˈt͡suːkfɛɐ̯ˌzuːx]
Zugversuch is spelled Z-U-G-V-E-R-S-U-C-H (10 letters) and appears about once in every 27 million words in written German, the 301,457th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zugversuch is a German masculine noun meaning “tensile strength test” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “genormtes Verfahren der Werkstoffprüfung, bei dem eine Probe bis zum Bruch gedehnt und die aufgewendete…”.
What does Zugversuch mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetensile strength test
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. genormtes Verfahren der Werkstoffprüfung, bei dem eine Probe bis zum Bruch gedehnt und die aufgewendete Kraft, sowie die Längenänderung kontinuierlich gemessen werden
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Zugversuch
- Zugversuches genitive
- Zugversuchs genitive
- Zugversuche plural
- Zugversuchen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Zugversuch?
- [ˈt͡suːkfɛɐ̯ˌzuːx]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Zugversuch in German?
Zugversuch appears about once in every 27 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).