zusichern

[ˈt͡suːˌzɪçɐn]

/[ˈt͡suːˌzɪçɐn]/ verb

The verdict

“zusichern” is uncommon German (frequency #68,928 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#68,928
frequency rank, German
1,996
“Z” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - verbindlich versprechen (dem nachzukommen, was [vom Sprecher] beabsichtigt ist, [von jemandem] gefordert wird, …)

Corpus desk

Index DE-zusichern · zusichern · German

zusichern · rank #68,928 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #68,928
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,996
  • PHOTO-FINISH Zusammensetzu…

Nearest frequency peer: Zusammensetzungen (-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 „zusichern“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for zusichern
PropertyValue
Headwordzusichern
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈt͡suːˌzɪçɐn]
Letters9
Frequency rank#68,928
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „zusichern“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).zusichernfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Zusammensetzungen“ (#68,927), „Zuwiderhandlung“ (#68,929), „zurückreichen“ (#68,926). Unter 1,996 „Z“-Lemmata liegt „zusichern“ bei #68,928. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

zusichern is uncommon German at frequency #68,928 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈt͡suːˌzɪçɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "verbindlich versprechen (dem nachzukommen, was [vom Sprecher] beabsichtigt ist, [von jemandem] gefordert wird, …)".

No generated misspelling entries exist for zusichern in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

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 zusichern, spelled Z-U-S-I-C-H-E-R-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    verbindlich versprechen (dem nachzukommen, was [vom Sprecher] beabsichtigt ist, [von jemandem] gefordert wird, …)

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel hat Italien zugesichert, das Land bei seinen Problemen mit Flüchtlingen unterstützen zu wollen.“

Synonyms

This word in other languages

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 "zusichern"?
"zusichern" is spelled Z-U-S-I-C-H-E-R-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt͡suːˌzɪçɐn].
What does "zusichern" mean?
As a verb, "zusichern" means: verbindlich versprechen (dem nachzukommen, was [vom Sprecher] beabsichtigt ist, [von jemandem] gefordert wird, …)
How do you pronounce "zusichern"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "zusichern" is [ˈt͡suːˌzɪçɐn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "zusichern" come from?
"zusichern" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list