Zahnwal
German, noun[ˈt͡saːnˌvaːl]
Zahnwal is spelled Z-A-H-N-W-A-L (7 letters). Zahnwal is a German masculine noun meaning “toothed whale, a member of the Odontoceti suborder” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “zumeist räuberisch lebender Vertreter einer Unterordnung der Wale, der – im Gegensatz zu einem Bartenwal –…”.
What does Zahnwal mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetoothed whale, a member of the Odontoceti suborder
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. zumeist räuberisch lebender Vertreter einer Unterordnung der Wale, der – im Gegensatz zu einem Bartenwal – über Zähne verfügt
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 Zahnwal
- Zahnwales genitive
- Zahnwals genitive
- Zahnwale plural
- Zahnwalen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Zahnwal?
- [ˈt͡saːnˌvaːl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.