Zapfenstreich
German, noun/ˈtsapfənˌʃtʁaɪ̯ç/
Zapfenstreich is spelled Z-A-P-F-E-N-S-T-R-E-I-C-H (13 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 76,606th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zapfenstreich is a German masculine noun meaning “curfew” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Beginn der Nachtruhe, Ende der Ausgehzeit, Ende der Aktivitäten für den Tag”.
What does Zapfenstreich mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecurfew
- 2
masculinemilitary tattoo
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Beginn der Nachtruhe, Ende der Ausgehzeit, Ende der Aktivitäten für den Tag 2. Signal, das den Beginn der Nachtruhe ankündigt 3. Großer Zapfenstreich, die feierlichste militärische Zeremonie der Bundeswehr
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 Zapfenstreich
- Zapfenstreiches genitive
- Zapfenstreichs genitive
- Zapfenstreiche plural
- Zapfenstreichen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Zapfenstreich?
- /ˈtsapfənˌʃtʁaɪ̯ç/
- [ˈt͡sap͡fn̩ˌʃtʁaɪ̯ç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Zapfenstreich
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Zapfenstreich in German?
Zapfenstreich appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).