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Langzeichen

German, noun[ˈlaŋˌt͡saɪ̯çn̩]

Langzeichen is a German neuter noun meaning “Traditional Chinese character” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “traditionelle (komplexere) Form chinesischer Schriftzeichen (im Gegensatz zu den in der Volksrepublik China…”.

What does Langzeichen mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    neuterTraditional Chinese character

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. traditionelle (komplexere) Form chinesischer Schriftzeichen (im Gegensatz zu den in der Volksrepublik China und Singapur verwendeten Kurzzeichen)

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 Langzeichen

  • Langzeichens genitive

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

How do you pronounce Langzeichen?

  • [ˈlaŋˌt͡saɪ̯çn̩]

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

How common is Langzeichen in German?

Langzeichen appears about once in every 49 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).