zwangsernähren
[ˈt͡svaŋsʔɛɐ̯ˌnɛːʁən]
The verdict
“zwangsernähren” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einer Person gegen ihren Willen Nahrung zuführen
Corpus desk
Index DE-zwangsernahren · zwangsernähren · German
zwangsernähren · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | zwangsernähren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈt͡svaŋsʔɛɐ̯ˌnɛːʁən] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „zwangsernähren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
zwangsernähren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈt͡svaŋsʔɛɐ̯ˌnɛːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "einer Person gegen ihren Willen Nahrung zuführen".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for zwangsernähren, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is zwangsernähren, spelled Z-W-A-N-G-S-E-R-N-Ä-H-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1einer Person gegen ihren Willen Nahrung zuführen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how zwangsernähren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Kurz bevor meine Großmutter starb, musste sie zwangsernährt werden.
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.