zaghaft
German, adjective/ˈt͡saːkhaft/
zaghaft is spelled Z-A-G-H-A-F-T (7 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written German, the 37,432nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zaghaft is a German adjective meaning “timid, cautious” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “schüchtern, unsicher im Auftreten; unentschlossen vorgehend”.
What does zaghaft mean in English?
adjective
- 1
timid, cautious
zaghafter Fortschritt.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. schüchtern, unsicher im Auftreten; unentschlossen vorgehend
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 zaghaft
- zaghafter masculine nominative singular
- am zaghaftesten superlative
- zaghafte feminine nominative singular
- zaghaftes neuter nominative singular
- zaghaften genitive masculine singular
- zaghaftem dative masculine singular
- der zaghafte definite includes-article masculine
- die zaghafte definite feminine includes-article
- das zaghafte definite includes-article neuter
- die zaghaften definite includes-article nominative
- des zaghaften definite genitive includes-article
- der zaghaften definite feminine genitive
- dem zaghaften dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zaghaft?
- /ˈt͡saːkhaft/
- [ˈt͡saːkhaft]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to zaghaft
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is zaghaft in German?
zaghaft appears 1.1 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).