zustoßen
\ˈt͡suːˌʃtoːsn̩\
The verdict
“zustoßen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Arriver (à quelqu'un, dans le contexte d’un mal).
Corpus desk
Index FR-zusto-en · zustoßen · French
zustoßen · 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 | zustoßen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈt͡suːˌʃtoːsn̩\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
zustoßen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈt͡suːˌʃtoːsn̩\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Arriver (à quelqu'un, dans le contexte d’un mal).".
Zero misspellings are on record for zustoßen in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is zustoßen, spelled Z-U-S-T-O-S-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1Arriver (à quelqu'un, dans le contexte d’un mal).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how zustoßen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
– Kennen Sie diese Person? (...) – Ja, ich kenne sie. Natürlich. Lucie Bogaert, eine Freundin. Ist ihr etwas zugestoßen? Ist sie nicht in Paris?
Antonyms
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.