Zett
German, noun/t͡sɛt/
Zett is spelled Z-E-T-T (4 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 99,595th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zett is a German neuter noun meaning “zee (US), zed (Commonwealth) (the letter Z)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “letzter Buchstabe des lateinischen (und deutschen) Alphabets”.
What does Zett mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterzee (US), zed (Commonwealth) (the letter Z)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. letzter Buchstabe des lateinischen (und deutschen) Alphabets
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 Zett
- Zetts genitive
- [1] z, Z abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Zett?
- /t͡sɛt/
- [t͡sɛt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Zett
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Zett in German?
Zett appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).