zustoßen
[ˈt͡suːˌʃtoːsn̩]
The verdict
“zustoßen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit (einem spitzen, länglichen Gegenstand in) der Hand auf etwas oder jemanden einwirken, einen Stich ausführen
Corpus desk
Index DE-zusto-en · zustoßen · German
zustoßen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | zustoßen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈt͡suːˌʃtoːsn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „zustoßen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
zustoßen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈt͡suːˌʃtoːsn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for zustoßen, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is zustoßen, spelled Z-U-S-T-O-S-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1mit (einem spitzen, länglichen Gegenstand in) der Hand auf etwas oder jemanden einwirken, einen Stich ausführen
- 2mit Schwung (einem Stoß) schließen
- 3(jemandem) passieren
- 4zu etwas, was bereits da ist, dazukommen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how zustoßen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wieder stieß sie mit dem Degen zu, aber noch immer parierte ihr Gegner nicht.
„Eine Sandviper, hoch aufgereckt, bereit zuzustoßen, starrte mich an.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.