zuoberst

[t͡suˈʔoːbɐst]

/[t͡suˈʔoːbɐst]/ adv

The verdict

“zuoberst” is uncommon German (frequency #95,181 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#95,181
frequency rank, German
1,996
“Z” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - an oberster Stelle, ganz oben

Corpus desk

Index DE-zuoberst · zuoberst · German

zuoberst · rank #95,181 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #95,181
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,996
  • PHOTO-FINISH Zungenkuss

Nearest frequency peer: Zungenkuss (-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 „zuoberst“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for zuoberst
PropertyValue
Headwordzuoberst
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdverb
IPA[t͡suˈʔoːbɐst]
Letters8
Frequency rank#95,181
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „zuoberst“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Zungenkuss“ (#95,180), „Zurechnungsfähigkeit“ (#95,182), „Zukunftsvisionen“ (#95,179). Unter 1,996 „Z“-Lemmata liegt „zuoberst“ bei #95,181. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

zuoberst is uncommon German at frequency #95,181 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed [t͡suˈʔoːbɐst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "an oberster Stelle, ganz oben".

Zero misspellings are on record for zuoberst in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 zuoberst, spelled Z-U-O-B-E-R-S-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    an oberster Stelle, ganz oben

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how zuoberst appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Zuoberst liegen die persönlichen Briefe, darunter die Mahnungen und amtlichen Schreiben.

Synonyms

obenaufobendraufon top

Antonyms

This word in other languages

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 "zuoberst"?
"zuoberst" is spelled Z-U-O-B-E-R-S-T. The IPA pronunciation is [t͡suˈʔoːbɐst].
What does "zuoberst" mean?
As an adverb, "zuoberst" means: an oberster Stelle, ganz oben
How do you pronounce "zuoberst"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "zuoberst" is [t͡suˈʔoːbɐst]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "zuoberst" come from?
"zuoberst" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list