zielstrebig
\ˈt͜siːlʃtreːbɪç\
The verdict
“zielstrebig” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Avec détermination, avec sérieux.
Corpus desk
Index FR-zielstrebig · zielstrebig · French
zielstrebig · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | zielstrebig |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈt͜siːlʃtreːbɪç\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
zielstrebig is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈt͜siːlʃtreːbɪç\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for zielstrebig, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is zielstrebig, spelled Z-I-E-L-S-T-R-E-B-I-G.
Definition
- 1Avec détermination, avec sérieux.
- 2Avec un but précis.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how zielstrebig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er [Jan] gibt seinem jüngeren Ich den Tipp, von Anfang an zielstrebiger zu suchen.
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.