zurennen
[ˈt͡suːˌʁɛnən]
The verdict
“zurennen” 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) - sich mit hoher Geschwindigkeit auf ein Ziel hinbewegen
Corpus desk
Index DE-zurennen · zurennen · German
zurennen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | zurennen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈt͡suːˌʁɛnən] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „zurennen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
zurennen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈt͡suːˌʁɛnən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sich mit hoher Geschwindigkeit auf ein Ziel hinbewegen".
Zero misspellings are on record for zurennen in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is zurennen, spelled Z-U-R-E-N-N-E-N.
Definition
- 1sich mit hoher Geschwindigkeit auf ein Ziel hinbewegen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how zurennen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Erst jetzt fiel Kendzierski auf, dass jemand winkend auf ihn zugerannt kam.“
„Ich habe kaum die Zeit, mich umzudrehen, da erblicke ich ein kleines Mädchen, das mit ausgestreckten Armen auf mich zurennt.“
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.