zuzog

[ˈt͡suːˌt͡soːk]

/[ˈt͡suːˌt͡soːk]/ verb

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The verdict

“zuzog” is uncommon German (frequency #61,227 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,227
frequency rank, German
1,996
“Z” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs zuziehen

Corpus desk

Index DE-zuzog · zuzog · German

zuzog · rank #61,227 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,227
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,996
  • PHOTO-FINISH zusammenschla…

Nearest frequency peer: zusammenschlagen (-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 „zuzog“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for zuzog
PropertyValue
Headwordzuzog
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈt͡suːˌt͡soːk]
Letters5
Frequency rank#61,227
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „zuzog“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).zuzogfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „zusammenschlagen“ (#61,226), „zuzuweisen“ (#61,228), „zusammenrücken“ (#61,225). Unter 1,996 „Z“-Lemmata liegt „zuzog“ bei #61,227. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

zuzog is uncommon German at frequency #61,227 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈt͡suːˌt͡soːk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for zuzog in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is zuzog, spelled Z-U-Z-O-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs zuziehen
  2. 2
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs zuziehen

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 "zuzog"?
"zuzog" is spelled Z-U-Z-O-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt͡suːˌt͡soːk].
What does "zuzog" mean?
As a verb, "zuzog" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs zuziehen
How do you pronounce "zuzog"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "zuzog" is [ˈt͡suːˌt͡soːk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "zuzog" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

anhat#61,273waves#61,181volta#61,168ASCII#61,290

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list