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zähneknirschend

German[ˈt͡sɛːnəˌknɪʁʃn̩t]

zähneknirschend is a German adjective. The German Wiktionary defines it as “widerwillig, mit Zeichen von Unmut begleitet”; the English Wiktionary has no entry for it yet.

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. widerwillig, mit Zeichen von Unmut begleitet

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 zähneknirschend

  • zähneknirschender positive nominative strong
  • zähneknirschende positive nominative strong
  • zähneknirschendes positive nominative strong
  • zähneknirschenden positive genitive strong
  • zähneknirschendem positive dative strong

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce zähneknirschend?

  • [ˈt͡sɛːnəˌknɪʁʃn̩t]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is zähneknirschend in German?

zähneknirschend appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).