zuschanzen
German, verb/ˈt͡suːʃantsən/
zuschanzen is spelled Z-U-S-C-H-A-N-Z-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written German, the 278,604th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zuschanzen is a German verb meaning “to accord sth. to so., to make sure so. gets sth., to line up sth. for so., to wangle sth. for so. (e.g., a position, a job, an assignment…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemandem etwas auf nicht ganz legalem oder fairem Weg zukommen lassen”.
What does zuschanzen mean in English?
verb
- 1
derogatoryinformalto accord sth. to so., to make sure so. gets sth., to line up sth. for so., to wangle sth. for so. (e.g., a position, a job, an assignment, an award, financial resources, etc.)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemandem etwas auf nicht ganz legalem oder fairem Weg zukommen lassen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of zuschanzen
- schanzt zu present singular third-person
- schanzte zu past
- zugeschanzt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- zuschanzend participle present
- zuzuschanzen infinitive infinitive-zu
- schanze zu first-person indicative present
- schanzen zu first-person indicative plural
- schanzest zu second-person singular subjunctive
- schanzet zu plural second-person subjunctive
- schanzten zu first-person indicative plural
- schanztest zu indicative preterite second-person
- schanztet zu indicative plural preterite
- schanz zu! imperative singular
- schanze zu! imperative singular
- schanzt zu! imperative plural
- zugeschanzt haben active infinitive perfect
- zugeschanzt werden processual-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zuschanzen?
- /ˈt͡suːʃantsən/
- [-ʃantsn̩]
- [ˈt͡suːˌʃant͡sn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is zuschanzen in German?
zuschanzen appears about once in every 23 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).