Zuruf

[ˈt͡suːˌʁuːf]

/[ˈt͡suːˌʁuːf]/ noun

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The verdict

“Zuruf” is uncommon German (frequency #59,368 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,368
frequency rank, German
1,996
“Z” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ruf, mit dem sich jemand an jemanden richtet

Corpus desk

Index DE-zuruf · Zuruf · German

Zuruf · rank #59,368 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #59,368
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,996
  • PHOTO-FINISH zunahm

Nearest frequency peer: zunahm (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Zuruf“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Zuruf“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Zuruf
PropertyValue
HeadwordZuruf
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈt͡suːˌʁuːf]
Letters5
Frequency rank#59,368
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Zuruf“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Zuruffällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „zunahm“ (#59,367), „zurückhaltenden“ (#59,369), „zukunftsfähige“ (#59,366). Unter 1,996 „Z“-Lemmata liegt „Zuruf“ bei #59,368. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Zuruf is uncommon German at frequency #59,368 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt͡suːˌʁuːf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ruf, mit dem sich jemand an jemanden richtet".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Zuruf in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Zuruf, spelled Z-U-R-U-F.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ruf, mit dem sich jemand an jemanden richtet

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Zuruf appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Immer heftiger wurden die anfeuernden Zurufe aus der Menge, die in leidenschaftliche Bewegung geraten war.“
  2. „Es ist Lampe, der diesen Zuruf halb an Hamann, der inzwischen wieder leidlich bei Kräften ist, und halb an sich selber richtet.“

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Zuruf"?
"Zuruf" is spelled Z-U-R-U-F. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt͡suːˌʁuːf].
What does "Zuruf" mean?
As a noun, "Zuruf" means: Ruf, mit dem sich jemand an jemanden richtet
How do you pronounce "Zuruf"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Zuruf" is [ˈt͡suːˌʁuːf]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Zuruf", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Zubau#59,361Verve#59,305Ufers#59,259types#59,255

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list