zünftig
[ˈt͡sʏnftɪç]
The verdict
“zünftig” is uncommon German (frequency #84,852 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,852
- frequency rank, German
- 1,996
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der betreffenden Zunft angehörig
Corpus desk
Index DE-zunftig · zünftig · German
zünftig · rank #84,852 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,852
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,996
- PHOTO-FINISH Zürichs
Nearest frequency peer: Zürichs (+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 „zünftig“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Zwischenerg…
Zwischenergebnisse
15,152 corpus weight
- zylindrisch
zylindrisch
15,151 corpus weight
- zünftig
zünftig
15,149 corpus weight
- Zürichs
Zürichs
15,148 corpus weight
- Öffi
Öffi
15,146 corpus weight
- Ökobilanz
Ökobilanz
15,145 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „zünftig“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zünftig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈt͡sʏnftɪç] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #84,852 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „zünftig“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
zünftig is uncommon German at frequency #84,852 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈt͡sʏnftɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for zünftig in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is zünftig, spelled Z-Ü-N-F-T-I-G.
Definition
- 1der betreffenden Zunft angehörig
- 2fachmännisch, dem Stand entsprechend
- 3angemessen bzw. überangemessen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how zünftig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Das weit verzweigte Geschlecht war in verschiedensten Berufen tätig und daher auf Schiffleuten, Schuhmachern und Webern zünftig.“
„Wir reisten als feine Leute und hatten weder einen Rucksack noch zünftige Ausrüstung dabei.“
Antonyms
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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