zum Glück
[t͡sʊm ˈɡlʏk]
The verdict
“zum Glück” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - glücklicherweise
Corpus desk
Index DE-zum-gluck · zum Glück · German
zum Glück · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | zum Glück |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [t͡sʊm ˈɡlʏk] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „zum Glück“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
zum Glück is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [t͡sʊm ˈɡlʏk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "glücklicherweise".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for zum Glück, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is zum Glück, spelled Z-U-M- -G-L-Ü-C-K.
Definition
- 1glücklicherweise
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how zum Glück appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Zum Glück hatte ich meine Brieftasche dabei.
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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.