zünd
[t͡sʏnt]
The verdict
“zünd” is uncommon German (frequency #66,923 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,923
- frequency rank, German
- 1,996
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs zünden
Corpus desk
Index DE-zund · zünd · German
zünd · rank #66,923 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,923
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,996
- PHOTO-FINISH Zöglinge
Nearest frequency peer: Zöglinge (-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 „zünd“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- zuzuschlagen
zuzuschlagen
33,082 corpus weight
- zweigt
zweigt
33,081 corpus weight
- zweimaligen
zweimaligen
33,080 corpus weight
- Zöglinge
Zöglinge
33,079 corpus weight
- zünd
zünd
33,078 corpus weight
- öffentlichk…
öffentlichkeitswirksam
33,076 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „zünd“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zünd |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [t͡sʏnt] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #66,923 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „zünd“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
zünd is uncommon German at frequency #66,923 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [t͡sʏnt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs zünden".
No generated misspelling entries exist for zünd in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. 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.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is zünd, spelled Z-Ü-N-D.
Definition
- 12. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs zünden
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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