Zeilensprung
German, noun[ˈt͡saɪ̯lənˌʃpʁʊŋ]
Zeilensprung is spelled Z-E-I-L-E-N-S-P-R-U-N-G (12 letters) and appears about once in every 37 million words in written German, the 362,108th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zeilensprung is a German masculine noun meaning “enjambment” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Literaturwissenschaft, Metrik: Übergreifen des Satz- und Sinnzusammenhangs von einer Zeile zur anderen”.
What does Zeilensprung mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineenjambment
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Literaturwissenschaft, Metrik: Übergreifen des Satz- und Sinnzusammenhangs von einer Zeile zur anderen
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 Zeilensprung
- Zeilensprunges genitive
- Zeilensprungs genitive
- Zeilensprünge plural
- Zeilensprunge dative singular
- Zeilensprüngen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Zeilensprung?
- [ˈt͡saɪ̯lənˌʃpʁʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Zeilensprung
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Zeilensprung in German?
Zeilensprung appears about once in every 37 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).