Zeugenschaft
German, noun/ˈt͡sɔɪ̯ɡn̩ˌʃaft/
Zeugenschaft is spelled Z-E-U-G-E-N-S-C-H-A-F-T (12 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written German, the 257,657th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zeugenschaft is a German feminine noun meaning “witness, witnessing, testimony, evidence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Eigenschaft, Zeuge von etwas zu sein”.
What does Zeugenschaft mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininewitness, witnessing, testimony, evidence
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Eigenschaft, Zeuge von etwas zu sein 2. Handlung, etwas zu bezeugen 3. Gesamtheit der Personen, für die [1]/[2] gilt
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 Zeugenschaft
- Zeugenschaften plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Zeugenschaft?
- /ˈt͡sɔɪ̯ɡn̩ˌʃaft/
- [ˈt͡sɔɪ̯ɡn̩ʃaft]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Zeugenschaft in German?
Zeugenschaft appears about once in every 20 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).