zuschrauben
[ˈt͡suːˌʃʁaʊ̯bn̩]
The verdict
“zuschrauben” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit einer drehenden (schraubenden) Bewegung am Verschluss verschließen
Corpus desk
Index DE-zuschrauben · zuschrauben · German
zuschrauben · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | zuschrauben |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈt͡suːˌʃʁaʊ̯bn̩] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „zuschrauben“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
zuschrauben is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈt͡suːˌʃʁaʊ̯bn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
zuschrauben doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 zuschrauben, spelled Z-U-S-C-H-R-A-U-B-E-N.
Definition
- 1mit einer drehenden (schraubenden) Bewegung am Verschluss verschließen
- 2mit eingedrehten Metallstiften (Schrauben) verschließen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how zuschrauben appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sie nahm einen kleinen Schluck und schraubte die Flasche sorgsam wieder zu.
Hast du den Deckel vom Glas mit den Angelwürmern ordentlich zugeschraubt?
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.