zustehende
[ˈt͡suːˌʃteːəndə]
The verdict
“zustehende” is uncommon German (frequency #60,290 among 37,643 “Z” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,290
- frequency rank, German
- 37,643
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zustehend
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zustehende |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈt͡suːˌʃteːəndə] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #60,290 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “zustehende” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
zustehende is uncommon German at frequency #60,290 among 37,643 “Z” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈt͡suːˌʃteːəndə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.
zustehende has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is zustehende, spelled Z-U-S-T-E-H-E-N-D-E.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zustehend
- 2Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zustehend
- 3Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zustehend
- 4Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zustehend
- 5Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zustehend
- 6Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zustehend
- 7Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zustehend
- 8Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zustehend
- 9Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zustehend
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.
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Using “zustehende”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is Z-U-S-T-E-H-E-N-D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈt͡suːˌʃteːəndə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.