Zahnweh
German, noun/ˈtsaːnˌveː/
Zahnweh is spelled Z-A-H-N-W-E-H (7 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 134,701st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zahnweh is a German neuter noun meaning “toothache (ache in a tooth)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Schmerz, der von einem kranken Zahn verursacht wird”.
What does Zahnweh mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutertoothache (ache in a tooth)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Schmerz, der von einem kranken Zahn verursacht wird
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 Zahnweh
- Zahnwehs genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Zahnweh?
- /ˈtsaːnˌveː/
- [ˈt͡saːnˌveː]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Zahnweh
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Zahnweh in German?
Zahnweh appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).