zündeten

[ˈt͡sʏndətn̩]

/[ˈt͡sʏndətn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“zündeten” is uncommon German (frequency #63,979 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,979
frequency rank, German
1,996
“Z” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs zünden

Corpus desk

Index DE-zundeten · zündeten · German

zündeten · rank #63,979 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,979
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,996
  • PHOTO-FINISH Zäpfchen

Nearest frequency peer: Zäpfchen (-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 „zündeten“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for zündeten
PropertyValue
Headwordzündeten
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈt͡sʏndətn̩]
Letters8
Frequency rank#63,979
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „zündeten“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.zündetenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Zäpfchen“ (#63,978), „ändernden“ (#63,980), „zweistündigen“ (#63,977). Unter 1,996 „Z“-Lemmata liegt „zündeten“ bei #63,979. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

zündeten is uncommon German at frequency #63,979 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈt͡sʏndətn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for zündeten in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is zündeten, spelled Z-Ü-N-D-E-T-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs zünden
  2. 2
    1. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs zünden
  3. 3
    3. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs zünden
  4. 4
    3. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "zündeten"?
"zündeten" is spelled Z-Ü-N-D-E-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt͡sʏndətn̩].
What does "zündeten" mean?
As a verb, "zündeten" means: 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs zünden
How do you pronounce "zündeten"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "zündeten" is [ˈt͡sʏndətn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "zündeten" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Zäpfchen#63,978übergebe#63,983Überhang#63,984übersehe#63,988

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list