zähnen
German, verb
zähnen is a German verb meaning “to tooth” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its umlaut, zahnen is a different word: “to teethe (to grow teeth)”. With a capital, Zähnen is a different word: “dative plural of Zahn”. On this page, Zahnen is a different word: “gerund of zahnen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit einem zackenartigen Rand versehen”.
What does zähnen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to tooth
- 2
to perforate (stamps)
verb
- 1
to teethe (to grow teeth)
noun
- 1
masculinedative plural of Zahn
noun
- 1
neutergerund of zahnen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. (als Menschenbaby, als junges Tier) die ersten Zähne (Milchzähne) bekommen 2. etwas mit Zähnen versehen 3. mit den Zähnen fassen, kauen, zerreißen 4. sich durch zahnartige Vorsprünge ineinanderfügen
verb: 1. mit einem zackenartigen Rand versehen
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 zähnen
- zahnt present singular third-person
- zahnte past
- gezahnt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- zahnend participle present
- zahne first-person indicative present
- zahnst indicative present second-person
- zahnest second-person singular subjunctive
- zahnet plural second-person subjunctive
- zahnten first-person indicative plural
- zahntest indicative preterite second-person
- zahntet indicative plural preterite
- zahn imperative second-person singular
- habe gezahnt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gezahnt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- zahne! imperative singular
- zahnt! imperative plural
- gezahnt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to zähnen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is zähnen in German?
zähnen appears 5.2 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).