zündende

[ˈt͡sʏndn̩də]

/[ˈt͡sʏndn̩də]/ adj

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The verdict

“zündende” is uncommon German (frequency #86,104 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,104
frequency rank, German
1,996
“Z” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zündend

Corpus desk

Index DE-zundende · zündende · German

zündende · rank #86,104 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #86,104
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,996
  • PHOTO-FINISH zwängt

Nearest frequency peer: zwängt (-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 „zündende“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „zündende“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for zündende
PropertyValue
Headwordzündende
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈt͡sʏndn̩də]
Letters8
Frequency rank#86,104
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „zündende“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).zündendefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „zwängt“ (#86,103), „ägyptisches“ (#86,105), „ändernde“ (#86,106). Unter 1,996 „Z“-Lemmata liegt „zündende“ bei #86,104. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

zündende is uncommon German at frequency #86,104 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈt͡sʏndn̩də]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for zündende, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. 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 headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is zündende, spelled Z-Ü-N-D-E-N-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zündend
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zündend
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zündend
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zündend
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zündend
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zündend
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zündend
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zündend
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zündend

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "zündende"?
"zündende" is spelled Z-Ü-N-D-E-N-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt͡sʏndn̩də].
What does "zündende" mean?
As an adjective, "zündende" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zündend
How do you pronounce "zündende"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "zündende" is [ˈt͡sʏndn̩də]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "zündende" come from?
"zündende" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "zündende", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ändernde#86,106Äquators#86,107zukaufen#86,093Zugriffs#86,092

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list