zusammenkratzen
[t͡suˈzamənˌkʁat͡sn̩]
The verdict
“zusammenkratzen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas, häufig mühevoll oder unter Anstrengung zusammennehmen, zusammensammeln, einsammeln
Corpus desk
Index DE-zusammenkratzen · zusammenkratzen · German
zusammenkratzen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 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 | zusammenkratzen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [t͡suˈzamənˌkʁat͡sn̩] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „zusammenkratzen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
zusammenkratzen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [t͡suˈzamənˌkʁat͡sn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "etwas, häufig mühevoll oder unter Anstrengung zusammennehmen, zusammensammeln, einsammeln".
zusammenkratzen has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, 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 zusammenkratzen, spelled Z-U-S-A-M-M-E-N-K-R-A-T-Z-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas, häufig mühevoll oder unter Anstrengung zusammennehmen, zusammensammeln, einsammeln
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how zusammenkratzen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Geld für den Skiurlaub werden wir schon irgendwie zusammenkratzen.
Um ihr das Taxi bezahlen zu können, versuchte David, genug Kleingeld zusammenzukratzen.
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.