Zepter
German, noun/ˈt͡sɛptɐ/
Zepter is spelled Z-E-P-T-E-R (6 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written German, the 28,576th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zepter is a German masculine noun meaning “sceptre” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eines der Reichsinsignien eines Herrschers (Kaiser, König, später Fürst), das er zu seiner Krönung erhält…”.
What does Zepter mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineneutersceptre
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. eines der Reichsinsignien eines Herrschers (Kaiser, König, später Fürst), das er zu seiner Krönung erhält, die Form eines Stabes hat und meist reich mit Edelsteinen verziert ist
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 Zepter
- Zepters genitive
- Zeptern dative definite plural
- Szepter alternative Austria
- Cepter alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Zepter?
- /ˈt͡sɛptɐ/
- [ˈt͡sɛptɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Zepter
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Zepter in German?
Zepter appears 1.6 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).