Zaun
German, noun/tsaʊ̯n/
Zaun is spelled Z-A-U-N (4 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written German, the 6,412th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zaun is a German masculine noun meaning “fence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine aus Drahtgeflecht oder aus (gekreuzten, parallel angeordneten oder dergleichen) Metall- oder Holzstäben…”.
What does Zaun mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefence
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. eine aus Drahtgeflecht oder aus (gekreuzten, parallel angeordneten oder dergleichen) Metall- oder Holzstäben bestehende Vorrichtung, die zumeist ein Grundstück, ein bestimmtes Areal oder dergleichen eingrenzt
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 Zaun
- Zauns genitive
- Zaunes genitive
- Zäune plural
- Zäunchen diminutive neuter
- Zaune dative singular
- Zäunen dative definite plural
- Zäunlein diminutive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Zaun?
- /tsaʊ̯n/
- [t͡saʊ̯n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Zaun
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Zaun in German?
Zaun appears 11 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).