zusammenprallen
[t͡suˈzamənˌpʁalən]
The verdict
“zusammenprallen” 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) - heftig, mit Schwung aufeinandertreffen
Corpus desk
Index DE-zusammenprallen · zusammenprallen · German
zusammenprallen · 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 | zusammenprallen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [t͡suˈzamənˌpʁalən] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „zusammenprallen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
zusammenprallen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [t͡suˈzamənˌpʁalən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "heftig, mit Schwung aufeinandertreffen".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for zusammenprallen, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 zusammenprallen, spelled Z-U-S-A-M-M-E-N-P-R-A-L-L-E-N.
Definition
- 1heftig, mit Schwung aufeinandertreffen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how zusammenprallen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Schiffe liegen dicht beieinander, ständig dem Risiko ausgesetzt, bei Seegang zusammenzuprallen.
Sie stürmt auf die Straße und prallt fast mit dem Briefträger zusammen, der gerade umständlich vom Fahrrad steigt.
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.