Zähler
German, noun
Zähler is spelled Z-Ä-H-L-E-R (6 letters) and appears 3.3 times per million words in written German, the 16,674th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zähler is a German masculine noun meaning “numerator” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also an agent noun of zählen; counter. Without its umlaut, Zahler is a different word: “agent noun of zahlen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Person, die etwas zählt”.
What does Zähler mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineagent noun of zählen; counter
- 2
masculinenumerator
- 3
masculinepoint
noun
- 1
masculineagent noun of zahlen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Person, die etwas zählt 2. Gerät oder Hilfsmittel, das etwas zählt 3. im Bruch die Zahl über dem Bruchstrich 4. Treffer im Wettkampf
noun: 1. Person oder Organisation, die zahlt
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 Zähler
- Zählers genitive
- Zählerin feminine
- Zählern dative definite plural
- Zahlers genitive
- Zahlerin feminine
- Zahlern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Zähler
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Zähler in German?
Zähler appears 3.3 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).