Zuwiderhandlung
[t͡suˈviːdɐˌhandlʊŋ]
The verdict
“Zuwiderhandlung” is uncommon German (frequency #68,929 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,929
- frequency rank, German
- 1,996
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Handlung, mit der eine Vorschrift, eine Anordnung oder dergleichen gebrochen wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-zuwiderhandlung · Zuwiderhandlung · German
Zuwiderhandlung · rank #68,929 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,929
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,996
- PHOTO-FINISH zusichern
Nearest frequency peer: zusichern (-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 „Zuwiderhandlung“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- zurückreich…
zurückreichen
31,075 corpus weight
- Zusammenset…
Zusammensetzungen
31,074 corpus weight
- zusichern
zusichern
31,073 corpus weight
- Zuwiderhand…
Zuwiderhandlung
31,072 corpus weight
- zweigleisig
zweigleisig
31,071 corpus weight
- Zwischenerg…
Zwischenergebnis
31,069 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Zuwiderhandlung“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Zuwiderhandlung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [t͡suˈviːdɐˌhandlʊŋ] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #68,929 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Zuwiderhandlung“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Zuwiderhandlung is uncommon German at frequency #68,929 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [t͡suˈviːdɐˌhandlʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Handlung, mit der eine Vorschrift, eine Anordnung oder dergleichen gebrochen wird".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Zuwiderhandlung, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Zuwiderhandlung, spelled Z-U-W-I-D-E-R-H-A-N-D-L-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Handlung, mit der eine Vorschrift, eine Anordnung oder dergleichen gebrochen wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Zuwiderhandlung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Obwohl Strafen bei Zuwiderhandlung angedroht wurden, blieben die Ergebnisse zunächst unbefriedigend.“
Synonyms
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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