zuzahlen
[ˈt͡suːˌt͡saːlən]
The verdict
“zuzahlen” 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) - sich an Kosten beteiligen
Corpus desk
Index DE-zuzahlen · zuzahlen · German
zuzahlen · 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 | zuzahlen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈt͡suːˌt͡saːlən] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „zuzahlen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
zuzahlen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈt͡suːˌt͡saːlən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sich an Kosten beteiligen".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for zuzahlen, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is zuzahlen, spelled Z-U-Z-A-H-L-E-N.
Definition
- 1sich an Kosten beteiligen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how zuzahlen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Noch dazu variiert je nach Bundesland, wie viel die Gemeinden zuzahlen und was aus der eigenen Tasche der Betroffenen bezahlt werden muss.“
„Mussten die Bürger 2006 noch insgesamt zwei Milliarden Euro zuzahlen, so waren es 2007 nur noch 1,6 Milliarden.“
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.