zupft

[t͡sʊp͡ft]

/[t͡sʊp͡ft]/ verb

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The verdict

“zupft” is uncommon German (frequency #83,577 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#83,577
frequency rank, German
1,996
“Z” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs zupfen

Corpus desk

Index DE-zupft · zupft · German

zupft · rank #83,577 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #83,577
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,996
  • PHOTO-FINISH Zunahmen

Nearest frequency peer: Zunahmen (-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 „zupft“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for zupft
PropertyValue
Headwordzupft
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[t͡sʊp͡ft]
Letters5
Frequency rank#83,577
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „zupft“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).zupftfällt 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: „Zunahmen“ (#83,576), „zurückdenke“ (#83,578), „zulässiger“ (#83,575). Unter 1,996 „Z“-Lemmata liegt „zupft“ bei #83,577. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

zupft is uncommon German at frequency #83,577 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [t͡sʊp͡ft]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for zupft, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is zupft, spelled Z-U-P-F-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs zupfen
  2. 2
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs zupfen
  3. 3
    2. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs zupfen

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 "zupft"?
"zupft" is spelled Z-U-P-F-T. The IPA pronunciation is [t͡sʊp͡ft].
What does "zupft" mean?
As a verb, "zupft" means: 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs zupfen
How do you pronounce "zupft"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "zupft" is [t͡sʊp͡ft]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "zupft" come from?
"zupft" 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 "zupft", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Adana#83,628vivre#83,484ashes#83,672aydan#83,701

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list