zappenduster
German, adjective/ˌtsapənˈduːstɐ/
zappenduster is spelled Z-A-P-P-E-N-D-U-S-T-E-R (12 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 136,587th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zappenduster is a German adjective meaning “completely dark, pitch-black (night)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “äußerst dunkel”.
What does zappenduster mean in English?
adjective
- 1
colloquialcompletely dark, pitch-black (night)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. äußerst dunkel 2. sehr schlimm, ohne Aussicht auf Erfolg
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 zappenduster
- zappendusterer masculine nominative singular
- zappendustere feminine nominative singular
- zappendusteres neuter nominative singular
- zappendusteren genitive masculine singular
- zappendusterem dative masculine singular
- der zappendustere definite includes-article masculine
- die zappendustere definite feminine includes-article
- das zappendustere definite includes-article neuter
- die zappendusteren definite includes-article nominative
- des zappendusteren definite genitive includes-article
- der zappendusteren definite feminine genitive
- dem zappendusteren dative definite includes-article
- den zappendusteren dative definite includes-article
- zappendustrer positive nominative strong
- zappendustre positive nominative strong
- zappendustres positive nominative strong
- zappendustren positive genitive strong
- zappendustrem positive dative strong
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zappenduster?
- /ˌtsapənˈduːstɐ/
- [t͡sapn̩ˈduːstɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is zappenduster in German?
zappenduster 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).