zusperren

[ˈt͡suːˌʃpɛʁən]

/[ˈt͡suːˌʃpɛʁən]/ verb

The verdict

“zusperren” is uncommon German (frequency #82,404 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#82,404
frequency rank, German
1,996
“Z” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das Öffnen durch Unbefugte mit einem Verschließmechanismus blockieren

Corpus desk

Index DE-zusperren · zusperren · German

zusperren · rank #82,404 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #82,404
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,996
  • PHOTO-FINISH Zusammenkünft…

Nearest frequency peer: Zusammenkünften (-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 „zusperren“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for zusperren
PropertyValue
Headwordzusperren
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈt͡suːˌʃpɛʁən]
Letters9
Frequency rank#82,404
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „zusperren“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).zusperrenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Zusammenkünften“ (#82,403), „zuteilen“ (#82,405), „zurückweist“ (#82,402). Unter 1,996 „Z“-Lemmata liegt „zusperren“ bei #82,404. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

zusperren is uncommon German at frequency #82,404 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈt͡suːˌʃpɛʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

zusperren has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, 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 zusperren, spelled Z-U-S-P-E-R-R-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    das Öffnen durch Unbefugte mit einem Verschließmechanismus blockieren
  2. 2
    einen Geschäftsbetrieb (für immer) beenden

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Fröstelnd ging sie ins Haus zurück und wollte gerade die Tür zusperren, als sie plötzlich reglos verharrte.“
  2. „Natürlich sperrt noch immer der Großteil der Eissalons im Winter zu.“

Synonyms

Antonyms

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 "zusperren"?
"zusperren" is spelled Z-U-S-P-E-R-R-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt͡suːˌʃpɛʁən].
What does "zusperren" mean?
As a verb, "zusperren" means: das Öffnen durch Unbefugte mit einem Verschließmechanismus blockieren
How do you pronounce "zusperren"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "zusperren" is [ˈt͡suːˌʃpɛʁən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "zusperren" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "zusperren", 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