Nullsummenspiel
German, noun/ˈnʊlzʊmənˌʃpiːl/
Nullsummenspiel is spelled N-U-L-L-S-U-M-M-E-N-S-P-I-E-L (15 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 101,039th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nullsummenspiel is a German neuter noun meaning “zero-sum game” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Spiel, bei dem die Summe der Gewinne und Verluste aller Spielteilnehmer gleich null ist”.
What does Nullsummenspiel mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterzero-sum game
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Spiel, bei dem die Summe der Gewinne und Verluste aller Spielteilnehmer gleich null ist
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 Nullsummenspiel
- Nullsummenspieles genitive
- Nullsummenspiels genitive
- Nullsummenspiele plural
- Nullsummenspielen dative definite plural
- Null-Summen-Spiel alternative
- Null-Summen-Spiel alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Nullsummenspiel?
- /ˈnʊlzʊmənˌʃpiːl/
- [ˈnʊlzʊmənˌʃpiːl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Nullsummenspiel in German?
Nullsummenspiel appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).