Zelot
German, noun/tseˈloːt/
Zelot is a German masculine noun meaning “zealot (member of the Zealot movement in Judea)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Mitglied der jüdischen Widerstandsbewegung gegen die römische Besatzung”.
What does Zelot mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinezealot (member of the Zealot movement in Judea)
- 2
masculinerarezealot (zealous person)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mitglied der jüdischen Widerstandsbewegung gegen die römische Besatzung 2. religiöser Eiferer, Fanatiker
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 Zelot
- Zeloten genitive
- Zelotin feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Zelot?
- /tseˈloːt/
- [t͡seˈloːt]
- [t͡sə-]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Zelot
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Zelot in German?
Zelot appears about once in every 48 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).