zehnte
German, number/tseːntə/
zehnte is spelled Z-E-H-N-T-E (6 letters) and appears 3.4 times per million words in written German, the 16,394th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zehnte is a German number meaning “tenth” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nach dem beziehungsweise der neunten kommend; dem, elften vorausgehend”.
What does zehnte mean in English?
number
- 1
tenth
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. eine etwa zehnprozentige traditionelle Steuer in Form von Geld oder Naturalien an eine Institution
number: 1. nach dem beziehungsweise der neunten kommend; dem, elften vorausgehend
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 zehnte
- zehnter masculine nominative singular
- zehntes neuter nominative singular
- zehnten genitive masculine singular
- zehntem dative masculine singular
- der zehnte definite includes-article masculine
- die zehnte definite feminine includes-article
- das zehnte definite includes-article neuter
- die zehnten definite includes-article nominative
- des zehnten definite genitive includes-article
- der zehnten definite feminine genitive
- dem zehnten dative definite includes-article
- den zehnten dative definite includes-article
- ein zehnter includes-article indefinite masculine
- eine zehnte feminine includes-article indefinite
- Zehnt alternative
- Zehnten nominative plural
- 10. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zehnte?
- /tseːntə/
- [t͡seːntə]
- [ˈt͡seːntə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to zehnte
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is zehnte in German?
zehnte appears 3.4 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).