zur Sache kommen
[t͡suːɐ̯ ˈzaxə kɔm̩]
The verdict
“zur Sache kommen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - über das Thema reden, welches man seinem Gegenüber mitteilen möchte; nicht abschweifen
Corpus desk
Index DE-zur-sache-kommen · zur Sache kommen · German
zur Sache kommen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 Sache kommen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [t͡suːɐ̯ ˈzaxə kɔm̩] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „zur Sache kommen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
zur Sache kommen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [t͡suːɐ̯ ˈzaxə kɔm̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "über das Thema reden, welches man seinem Gegenüber mitteilen möchte; nicht abschweifen".
zur Sache kommen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is zur Sache kommen, spelled Z-U-R- -S-A-C-H-E- -K-O-M-M-E-N.
Definition
- 1über das Thema reden, welches man seinem Gegenüber mitteilen möchte; nicht abschweifen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how zur Sache kommen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nun komm doch endlich mal zur Sache!
„Bitte meine Herren, nehmen Sie Platz. Tja, kommen wir am besten gleich zur Sache. Ihren Kontostand kennen Sie, da muss ich Ihnen wohl nichts mehr erzählen. […]“
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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.