Zukunftsmusik
[ˈt͡suːkʊnft͡smuˌziːk]
The verdict
“Zukunftsmusik” is uncommon German (frequency #63,970 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,970
- frequency rank, German
- 1,996
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Planung, Projekt, Vorhaben, Vorstellungen, Ideen, welche kurzfristig nicht und eventuell erst in ferner Zukunft umgesetzt werden
Corpus desk
Index DE-zukunftsmusik · Zukunftsmusik · German
Zukunftsmusik · rank #63,970 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,970
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,996
- PHOTO-FINISH Zugluft
Nearest frequency peer: Zugluft (-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 „Zukunftsmusik“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- zugeschnitt…
zugeschnittene
36,034 corpus weight
- zugeschüttet
zugeschüttet
36,033 corpus weight
- Zugluft
Zugluft
36,032 corpus weight
- Zukunftsmus…
Zukunftsmusik
36,031 corpus weight
- zurufen
zurufen
36,030 corpus weight
- zurückgetre…
zurückgetretenen
36,029 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Zukunftsmusik“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Zukunftsmusik |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡suːkʊnft͡smuˌziːk] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #63,970 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Zukunftsmusik“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Zukunftsmusik is uncommon German at frequency #63,970 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt͡suːkʊnft͡smuˌziːk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Planung, Projekt, Vorhaben, Vorstellungen, Ideen, welche kurzfristig nicht und eventuell erst in ferner Zukunft umgesetzt werden".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Zukunftsmusik in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Zukunftsmusik, spelled Z-U-K-U-N-F-T-S-M-U-S-I-K.
Definition
- 1Planung, Projekt, Vorhaben, Vorstellungen, Ideen, welche kurzfristig nicht und eventuell erst in ferner Zukunft umgesetzt werden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Zukunftsmusik appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Idee vom papierlosen Büro ist trotz allen EDV-technischen Fortschritts nach wie vor Zukunftsmusik.
Eine CO₂-freie Gesellschaft ist Zukunftsmusik.
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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).