Zeitpunkt
German, noun/ˈtsaɪ̯tˌpʊŋkt/
Zeitpunkt is spelled Z-E-I-T-P-U-N-K-T (9 letters) and appears 72 times per million words in written German, the 1,189th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zeitpunkt is a German masculine noun meaning “moment (instant of time), point in time, a timepoint” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Zeitspanne von kurzer Dauer”.
What does Zeitpunkt mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemoment (instant of time), point in time, a timepoint
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Zeitspanne von kurzer Dauer 2. Zeit, wann etwas geschieht oder geschehen soll
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 Zeitpunkt
- Zeitpunktes genitive
- Zeitpunkts genitive
- Zeitpunkte plural
- Zeitpunkten dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Zeitpunkt?
- /ˈtsaɪ̯tˌpʊŋkt/
- [ˈtsaɪ̯tʰˌpʰʊŋktʰ]
- [ˈt͡saɪ̯tˌpʊŋkt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Zeitpunkt
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Zeitpunkt in German?
Zeitpunkt appears 72 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).