Zeitvertreib
German, noun/ˈt͡saɪ̯tfɛɐ̯ˌtʁaɪ̯p/
Zeitvertreib is spelled Z-E-I-T-V-E-R-T-R-E-I-B (12 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written German, the 26,796th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zeitvertreib is a German masculine noun meaning “pastime” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Tätigkeit, die man tut, um sich die Zeit zu vertreiben”.
What does Zeitvertreib mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepastime
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tätigkeit, die man tut, um sich die Zeit zu vertreiben
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 Zeitvertreib
- Zeitvertreibes genitive
- Zeitvertreibs genitive
- Zeitvertreibe plural
- Zeitvertreiben dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Zeitvertreib?
- /ˈt͡saɪ̯tfɛɐ̯ˌtʁaɪ̯p/
- [ˈt͡saɪ̯tfɛɐ̯ˌtʁaɪ̯p]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Zeitvertreib
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Zeitvertreib in German?
Zeitvertreib appears 1.7 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).