zur Neige gehen
[t͡suːɐ̯ ˈnaɪ̯ɡə ˌɡeːən]
The verdict
“zur Neige gehen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - allmählich aufgebraucht sein, langsam auf das Ende zugehen
Corpus desk
Index DE-zur-neige-gehen · zur Neige gehen · German
zur Neige gehen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Z" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zur Neige gehen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [t͡suːɐ̯ ˈnaɪ̯ɡə ˌɡeːən] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „zur Neige gehen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
zur Neige gehen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [t͡suːɐ̯ ˈnaɪ̯ɡə ˌɡeːən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "allmählich aufgebraucht sein, langsam auf das Ende zugehen".
No misspelling variants are generated for zur Neige gehen 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 no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is zur Neige gehen, spelled Z-U-R- -N-E-I-G-E- -G-E-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1allmählich aufgebraucht sein, langsam auf das Ende zugehen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how zur Neige gehen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Unsere Vorräte an Feuerholz gehen langsam zur Neige.
Ach, jetzt geht auch dieser schöne Ferientag zur Neige.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.