Zebu
German, noun/ˈt͡seːbu/
Zebu is spelled Z-E-B-U (4 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written German, the 254,291st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zebu is a German masculine noun meaning “zebu” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Unterart des Hausrinds mit charakteristischem Fetthöcker, welche im indischen Raum domestiziert wurde”.
What does Zebu mean in English?
noun
- 1
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Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Unterart des Hausrinds mit charakteristischem Fetthöcker, welche im indischen Raum domestiziert wurde
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 Zebu
- Zebus genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Zebu?
- /ˈt͡seːbu/
- [ˈt͡seːbu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Zebu
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Zebu in German?
Zebu appears about once in every 20 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).