Zulp
[t͡sʊlp]
The verdict
“Zulp” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kleines Teil, heute meist aus Plastik, früher ein Stoffzipfel, den Kleinkinder in den Mund nehmen; Schnuller
Corpus desk
Index DE-zulp · Zulp · German
Zulp · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- 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 | Zulp |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [t͡sʊlp] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Zulp“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Zulp is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [t͡sʊlp]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "kleines Teil, heute meist aus Plastik, früher ein Stoffzipfel, den Kleinkinder in den Mund nehmen; Schnuller".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Zulp, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Zulp, spelled Z-U-L-P.
Definition
- 1kleines Teil, heute meist aus Plastik, früher ein Stoffzipfel, den Kleinkinder in den Mund nehmen; Schnuller
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Zulp appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Baby hat einen Zulp im Mund.
Die Kleine hat den Zulp verloren.
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.