Zauber
German, noun
Zauber is spelled Z-A-U-B-E-R (6 letters) and appears 7.2 times per million words in written German, the 9,162nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zauber is a German masculine noun meaning “charm, spell, an instance of magic action” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, zauber is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “übernatürliche Wirkung, magische Manipulation, die nicht den Naturgesetzen unterliegt; unerklärlicher Vorgang”.
What does Zauber mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecharm, spell, an instance of magic action
- 2
masculinemagic
- 3
masculinecharm, allure, enchantment
- 4
informalmasculineado, fuss
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. übernatürliche Wirkung, magische Manipulation, die nicht den Naturgesetzen unterliegt; unerklärlicher Vorgang 2. Reiz, Faszination 3. Unsinn
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 Zauber
- Zaubers genitive
- Zaubern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Zauber
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Zauber in German?
Zauber appears 7.2 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).