Zukunft
German, noun/ˈtsuːˌkʊnft/
Zukunft is a German feminine noun meaning “future” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Zeit, die noch kommt”.
What does Zukunft mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefuture
Aufgrund der Krise stehen viele vor einer ungewissen Zukunft.
- 2
femininefuture tense
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Zeit, die noch kommt 2. deutsche Entsprechung zu Futur I
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 Zukunft
- Zukünfte plural
- Zukünften dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Zukunft?
- /ˈtsuːˌkʊnft/
- /ˈtsuːˌkʊmft/
- [ˈt͡suːˌkʊnft]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Zukunft
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Zukunft in German?
Zukunft appears 162 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).