Zahn
German, noun/t͡saːn/
Zahn is spelled Z-A-H-N (4 letters) and appears 9.5 times per million words in written German, the 7,292nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zahn is a German masculine noun meaning “tooth” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Teil des Gebisses von Menschen und Wirbeltieren”.
What does Zahn mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetooth
- 2
masculinefang
- 3
masculinetusk
- 4
masculinecog, tine
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Teil des Gebisses von Menschen und Wirbeltieren 2. eine Zacke bei Gegenständen mit aneinandergereihten Spitzen (zum Beispiel Zahnrad oder Säge) 3. Bewegung (Fahrt, Lauf) mit hoher Geschwindigkeit 4. zahnähnliches Gebilde auf der Haifischhaut
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 Zahn
- Zahnes genitive
- Zahns genitive
- Zähne plural
- Zähnchen diminutive neuter
- Zähnlein diminutive neuter
- Zahnderl diminutive neuter
- Zahne dative singular
- Zähnen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Zahn?
- /t͡saːn/
- [t͡saːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Zahn
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Zahn in German?
Zahn appears 9.5 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).