Zeche
German, noun
Zeche is spelled Z-E-C-H-E (5 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written German, the 20,214th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zeche is a German feminine noun meaning “mine, pit” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, zeche is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Anlage, um wertvolle Materialien aus der Erde zu gewinnen”.
What does Zeche mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemine, pit
Die Zeche Alstaden war ein Steinkohlen-Bergwerk.
- 2
femininebill
Die Zeche prellen.
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- 3
singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Anlage, um wertvolle Materialien aus der Erde zu gewinnen 2. Rechnung für Getränke oder Speisen, die in einer Gaststätte getrunken oder verzehrt wurden
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 Zeche
- Zechen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Zeche
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Zeche in German?
Zeche appears 2.6 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).