Zeugenschutz
German, noun/ˈt͡sɔɪ̯ɡn̩ˌʃʊt͡s/
Zeugenschutz is spelled Z-E-U-G-E-N-S-C-H-U-T-Z (12 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written German, the 189,851st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zeugenschutz is a German masculine noun meaning “witness protection” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Schutz eines Zeugen, der gefährdet ist oder bedroht wird”.
What does Zeugenschutz mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewitness protection
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Schutz eines Zeugen, der gefährdet ist oder bedroht wird
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 Zeugenschutz
- Zeugenschutzes genitive
- Zeugenschutze dative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Zeugenschutz?
- /ˈt͡sɔɪ̯ɡn̩ˌʃʊt͡s/
- [ˈt͡sɔɪ̯ɡn̩ˌʃʊt͡s]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Zeugenschutz in German?
Zeugenschutz appears about once in every 12 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).