zahm
German, adjective/t͡saːm/
zahm is spelled Z-A-H-M (4 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 43,091st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zahm is a German adjective meaning “tame” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “an den Kontakt mit Menschen gewöhnt, friedlich gegenüber Menschen, dem Menschen trauend”.
What does zahm mean in English?
adjective
- 1
tame
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. an den Kontakt mit Menschen gewöhnt, friedlich gegenüber Menschen, dem Menschen trauend 2. willig, gehorchend, Befehle befolgend 3. nicht streng, gemäßigt
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 zahm
- zahmer masculine nominative singular
- am zahmsten superlative
- zahme feminine nominative singular
- zahmes neuter nominative singular
- zahmen genitive masculine singular
- zahmem dative masculine singular
- der zahme definite includes-article masculine
- die zahme definite feminine includes-article
- das zahme definite includes-article neuter
- die zahmen definite includes-article nominative
- des zahmen definite genitive includes-article
- der zahmen definite feminine genitive
- dem zahmen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zahm?
- /t͡saːm/
- [t͡saːm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to zahm
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is zahm in German?
zahm appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).