Zeckenstich
German, noun[ˈt͡sɛkn̩ˌʃtɪç]
Zeckenstich is spelled Z-E-C-K-E-N-S-T-I-C-H (11 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written German, the 228,970th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zeckenstich 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 Zeckenstich mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetick 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 Zeckenstich
- Zeckenstiches genitive
- Zeckenstichs genitive
- Zeckenstiche plural
- Zeckenstichen dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Zeckenstich?
- [ˈt͡sɛkn̩ˌʃtɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Zeckenstich in German?
Zeckenstich appears about once in every 17 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).