Zebrastreifen
German, noun/ˈt͡seːbʁaˌʃtʁaɪ̯fn̩/
Zebrastreifen is spelled Z-E-B-R-A-S-T-R-E-I-F-E-N (13 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written German, the 32,479th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zebrastreifen is a German masculine noun meaning “zebra stripes” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “durch weiße (und rote) oder gelbe, quer über eine Straße verlaufende Streifen gekennzeichnete Stelle, die…”.
What does Zebrastreifen mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinezebra stripes
- 2
informalmasculinezebra crossing
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. durch weiße (und rote) oder gelbe, quer über eine Straße verlaufende Streifen gekennzeichnete Stelle, die anzeigt, dass Fußgängern beim Queren der Straße ein Vorrang gegenüber Kraftfahrern und Fahrradfahrern gewährt werden muss
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 Zebrastreifen
- Zebrastreifens genitive
- Zebra-Streifen alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Zebrastreifen?
- /ˈt͡seːbʁaˌʃtʁaɪ̯fn̩/
- [ˈt͡seːbʁaˌʃtʁaɪ̯fn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Zebrastreifen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Zebrastreifen in German?
Zebrastreifen appears 1.3 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).