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Zeitwort

German, noun/ˈt͡saɪ̯tˌvɔʁt/

Zeitwort is spelled Z-E-I-T-W-O-R-T (8 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 134,701st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zeitwort is a German neuter noun meaning “verb” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Wortart, mit der eine Handlung (zum Beispiel spielen, lachen, werfen), ein Zustand (glänzen, sich auflösen)…”.

What does Zeitwort mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    neuterverb

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Wortart, mit der eine Handlung (zum Beispiel spielen, lachen, werfen), ein Zustand (glänzen, sich auflösen) oder ein Geschehen (regnen, schneien) ausgedrückt wird

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 Zeitwort

  • Zeitwortes genitive
  • Zeitworts genitive
  • Zeitwörter plural
  • Zeitworte dative singular
  • Zeitwörtern dative definite plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Zeitwort?

  • /ˈt͡saɪ̯tˌvɔʁt/
  • [ˈt͡saɪ̯tˌvɔʁt]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to Zeitwort

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Zeitwort in German?

Zeitwort appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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