zurechtstutzen
[t͡suˈʁɛçtˌʃtʊt͡sn̩]
The verdict
“zurechtstutzen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas, was nachwachsen kann, zum Beispiel Haar oder Äste, kürzen
Corpus desk
Index DE-zurechtstutzen · zurechtstutzen · German
zurechtstutzen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 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 | zurechtstutzen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [t͡suˈʁɛçtˌʃtʊt͡sn̩] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „zurechtstutzen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
zurechtstutzen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [t͡suˈʁɛçtˌʃtʊt͡sn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for zurechtstutzen in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 zurechtstutzen, spelled Z-U-R-E-C-H-T-S-T-U-T-Z-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas, was nachwachsen kann, zum Beispiel Haar oder Äste, kürzen
- 2jemanden nachdrücklich zurechtweisen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how zurechtstutzen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Im Park kann man kunstvolle Figuren aus Buchsbaumhecken bewundern, die sehr arbeitsaufwendig regelmäßig zurechtgestutzt werden müssen.
Na, hat der Alte dich zurechtgestutzt? Geschieht dir aber Recht, du hast auch wirklich eine große Klappe.
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.