Zentner
German, noun/ˈt͡sɛntnɐ/
Zentner is spelled Z-E-N-T-N-E-R (7 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written German, the 32,479th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zentner is a German masculine noun meaning “hundredweight (50 kilograms or 100 lbs)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Maßeinheit für 50 Kilogramm; ursprünglich Gewichtseinheit zu 100 (britisch 112) Pfund”.
What does Zentner mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehundredweight (50 kilograms or 100 lbs)
- 2
AustriaSwitzerlandmasculinequintal (100 kilograms or 200 lbs)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Maßeinheit für 50 Kilogramm; ursprünglich Gewichtseinheit zu 100 (britisch 112) Pfund 2. Gewichtseinheit zu 100 Kilogramm
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 Zentner
- Zentners genitive
- Zentnern dative definite plural
- Centner alternative obsolete
- Ztr. abbreviation
- q abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Zentner?
- /ˈt͡sɛntnɐ/
- [ˈt͡sɛntnɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Zentner
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Zentner in German?
Zentner appears 1.3 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).