zukleben
[ˈt͡suːˌkleːbn̩]
The verdict
“zukleben” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit Hilfe von Leim/Klebstoff/Kleber verschließen
Corpus desk
Index DE-zukleben · zukleben · German
zukleben · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | zukleben |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈt͡suːˌkleːbn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „zukleben“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
zukleben is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈt͡suːˌkleːbn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for zukleben, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. 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.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 zukleben, spelled Z-U-K-L-E-B-E-N.
Definition
- 1mit Hilfe von Leim/Klebstoff/Kleber verschließen
- 2über und über mit etwas bedecken, das dort festgeklebt wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how zukleben appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wahlumschläge soll man nicht zukleben.
„Entspannen Sie Ihr Auge, hatte Dr. Carstensen gesagt, einfach zukleben und es würde Nacht.“
This word in other languages
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.