Zahnung
German, noun
Zahnung is spelled Z-A-H-N-U-N-G (7 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written German, the 257,657th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zahnung is a German feminine noun meaning “dentition” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an umlaut, Zähnung is a different word: “dentation, serration”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Durchbruch/Hervorkommen der Zähne; Dentition”.
What does Zahnung mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedentition
noun
- 1
femininedentation, serration
- 2
feminineperforation (postage stamps)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. das Versehen von etwas mit einem zackenartigen Rand 2. zackenartiger Rand von etwas; Zahnung
noun: 1. Durchbruch/Hervorkommen der Zähne; Dentition 2. zackenartiger Rand bei etwas; Gesamtheit der aneinandergereihten Zähne, Zinken (zum Beispiel bei einer Säge); Zähnung
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 Zahnung
- Zahnungen plural
- Zähnungen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is Zahnung in German?
Zahnung appears about once in every 20 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).