Zeckenbiss
German, noun[ˈt͡sɛkn̩ˌbɪs]
Zeckenbiss is spelled Z-E-C-K-E-N-B-I-S-S (10 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 107,140th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zeckenbiss is a German masculine noun meaning “tick bite” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Vorgang, bei dem eine Zecke mit ihren Kieferklauen die Haut ihres Wirts aufreißt und mit ihrem Hypostom…”.
What does Zeckenbiss mean in English?
noun
- 1
informalmasculinetick bite
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vorgang, bei dem eine Zecke mit ihren Kieferklauen die Haut ihres Wirts aufreißt und mit ihrem Hypostom hineinsticht
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 Zeckenbiss
- Zeckenbisses genitive
- Zeckenbisse plural
- Zeckenbissen dative definite plural
- Zeckenbiß alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Zeckenbiss?
- [ˈt͡sɛkn̩ˌbɪs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Zeckenbiss in German?
Zeckenbiss appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).