Tannenzapfen
German, noun/ˈtanənˌt͡sap͡fn̩/
Tannenzapfen is spelled T-A-N-N-E-N-Z-A-P-F-E-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 91,399th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tannenzapfen is a German masculine noun meaning “fir-cone” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “verholzte Frucht der Tanne, bei der die Samen schuppenartig um eine Achse zu einem Zapfen angeordnet sind”.
What does Tannenzapfen mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefir-cone
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. verholzte Frucht der Tanne, bei der die Samen schuppenartig um eine Achse zu einem Zapfen angeordnet sind
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 Tannenzapfen
- Tannenzapfens genitive
- Tannzapfen variant
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Tannenzapfen?
- /ˈtanənˌt͡sap͡fn̩/
- [ˈtanənˌt͡sap͡fn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Tannenzapfen in German?
Tannenzapfen 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).