zuhaben

[ˈt͡suːˌhaːbn̩]

/[ˈt͡suːˌhaːbn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“zuhaben” is uncommon German (frequency #91,191 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,191
frequency rank, German
1,996
“Z” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - geschlossen sein oder haben

Corpus desk

Index DE-zuhaben · zuhaben · German

zuhaben · rank #91,191 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #91,191
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,996
  • PHOTO-FINISH zugedreht

Nearest frequency peer: zugedreht (-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 „zuhaben“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for zuhaben
PropertyValue
Headwordzuhaben
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈt͡suːˌhaːbn̩]
Letters7
Frequency rank#91,191
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „zuhaben“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.zuhabenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „zugedreht“ (#91,190), „zukunftsorientiert“ (#91,192), „zones“ (#91,189). Unter 1,996 „Z“-Lemmata liegt „zuhaben“ bei #91,191. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

zuhaben is uncommon German at frequency #91,191 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈt͡suːˌhaːbn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "geschlossen sein oder haben".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for zuhaben, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is zuhaben, spelled Z-U-H-A-B-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    geschlossen sein oder haben

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ob die wohl schon zuhaben?
  2. Die haben für heute dichtgemacht. Ne, wenn sie zuhätten, wäre kein Licht mehr an.

Antonyms

aufhaben

This word in other languages

être(Français)

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 "zuhaben"?
"zuhaben" is spelled Z-U-H-A-B-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt͡suːˌhaːbn̩].
What does "zuhaben" mean?
As a verb, "zuhaben" means: geschlossen sein oder haben
How do you pronounce "zuhaben"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "zuhaben" is [ˈt͡suːˌhaːbn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "zuhaben" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

zappelt#91,175Würfels#91,170Wozniak#91,167witzlos#91,160

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list