zuraunen
[ˈt͡suːˌʁaʊ̯nən]
The verdict
“zuraunen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit leiser Stimme eine Botschaft übermitteln
Corpus desk
Index DE-zuraunen · zuraunen · German
zuraunen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | zuraunen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈt͡suːˌʁaʊ̯nən] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „zuraunen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
zuraunen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈt͡suːˌʁaʊ̯nən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mit leiser Stimme eine Botschaft übermitteln".
No generated misspelling entries exist for zuraunen in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is zuraunen, spelled Z-U-R-A-U-N-E-N.
Definition
- 1mit leiser Stimme eine Botschaft übermitteln
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how zuraunen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Das Höchste, das er ihr in der ersten Woche zu entlocken vermochte, wenn er ihr jene unvergänglichen Sinnlosigkeiten ins Ohr flüsterte, die der Mann seiner Geliebten zuzuraunen pflegt, war ein halblautes: Nitschewo.“
»Später!«, raunte sie ihr zu.
Antonyms
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.