zum
German, contraction/tsuːm/
zum is a German contraction meaning “contraction of zu + dem, literally “to the; for the”” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does zum mean in English?
contraction
- 1
contraction of zu + dem, literally “to the; for the”
- 2
contraction of zu + einem, literally “to a; for a”
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
abbreviation: 1. Kurzform von „zu dem“ 2. Kurzform von „zu einem“
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce zum?
- /tsuːm/
- /tsʊm/
- [t͡sʊm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is zum in German?
zum appears 2,570 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).