zuvorgekommen

[t͡suˈfoːɐ̯ɡəˌkɔmən]

/[t͡suˈfoːɐ̯ɡəˌkɔmən]/ verb

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The verdict

“zuvorgekommen” is uncommon German (frequency #75,290 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,290
frequency rank, German
1,996
“Z” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partizip Perfekt des Verbs zuvorkommen

Corpus desk

Index DE-zuvorgekommen · zuvorgekommen · German

zuvorgekommen · rank #75,290 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,290
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,996
  • PHOTO-FINISH zweijähriges

Nearest frequency peer: zweijähriges (+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 „zuvorgekommen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for zuvorgekommen
PropertyValue
Headwordzuvorgekommen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[t͡suˈfoːɐ̯ɡəˌkɔmən]
Letters13
Frequency rank#75,290
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „zuvorgekommen“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „zweijähriges“ (#75,291), „Zusatzartikel“ (#75,288), „Zwingenberg“ (#75,292). Unter 1,996 „Z“-Lemmata liegt „zuvorgekommen“ bei #75,290. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

zuvorgekommen is uncommon German at frequency #75,290 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [t͡suˈfoːɐ̯ɡəˌkɔmən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partizip Perfekt des Verbs zuvorkommen".

zuvorgekommen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is zuvorgekommen, spelled Z-U-V-O-R-G-E-K-O-M-M-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partizip Perfekt des Verbs zuvorkommen

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 "zuvorgekommen"?
"zuvorgekommen" is spelled Z-U-V-O-R-G-E-K-O-M-M-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [t͡suˈfoːɐ̯ɡəˌkɔmən].
What does "zuvorgekommen" mean?
As a verb, "zuvorgekommen" means: Partizip Perfekt des Verbs zuvorkommen
How do you pronounce "zuvorgekommen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "zuvorgekommen" is [t͡suˈfoːɐ̯ɡəˌkɔmən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "zuvorgekommen" come from?
"zuvorgekommen" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Zusatzartikel#75,288Überdosierung#75,296Zugverbindung#75,281Zisterzienser#75,275

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list