zäh
German, adjective/tsɛː/
zäh is a German adjective meaning “tough, tenacious, dogged” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “langsam, schwerfällig fließend”.
What does zäh mean in English?
adjective
- 1
tough, tenacious, dogged
- 2
chewy, stringy
- 3
viscous, thick
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. langsam, schwerfällig fließend 2. wenig dehnbar und dabei relativ reißfest 3. ausdauernd; unnachgiebig, widerstandsfähig 4. mühsam verlaufend
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of zäh
- zäher masculine nominative singular
- am zähsten superlative
- am zähesten superlative
- zähe feminine nominative singular
- zähes neuter nominative singular
- zähen genitive masculine singular
- zähem dative masculine singular
- der zähe definite includes-article masculine
- die zähe definite feminine includes-article
- das zähe definite includes-article neuter
- die zähen definite includes-article nominative
- des zähen definite genitive includes-article
- der zähen definite feminine genitive
- dem zähen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zäh?
- /tsɛː/
- [t͡sɛː]
- [t͡seː]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to zäh
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is zäh in German?
zäh appears 2.9 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).