Zeug
German, noun/t͡sɔʏ̯k/
Zeug is spelled Z-E-U-G (4 letters) and appears 36 times per million words in written German, the 2,298th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zeug is a German neuter noun meaning “stuff, gear, equipment” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Gegenstände aller Art, Material, Gerät”.
What does Zeug mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterstuff, gear, equipment
- 2
neutermaterial
- 3
neuterfabric, clothing, clothes
- 4
neutergarbage, rubbish, anything bad or harmful
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gegenstände aller Art, Material, Gerät 2. Gewebe für Kleider 3. Kleidung 4. Unsinn, dummes Geschwätz
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 Zeug
- Zeuges genitive
- Zeugs genitive
- Zeuge plural
- Zeugen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Zeug?
- standard /t͡sɔʏ̯k/
- /t͡sɔʏ̯ç/
- [t͡sɔɪ̯k]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Zeug
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Zeug in German?
Zeug appears 36 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).