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Zion

German[ˈt͡siːɔn]

Zion is a German noun. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Anhöhe auf dem Gebiet Jerusalems”; the English Wiktionary has no entry for it yet.

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Anhöhe auf dem Gebiet Jerusalems 2. gelegentliches Synonym von Jerusalem

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 Zion

  • Sion variant archaic
  • (das) Zion nominative singular
  • des Zion genitive singular
  • des Zions genitive singular
  • Zions genitive singular
  • (dem) Zion dative singular

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Zion?

  • [ˈt͡siːɔn]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is Zion in German?

Zion appears 1.5 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).