Ziegenmelker
German, noun/ˈt͡siːɡn̩ˌmɛlkɐ/
Ziegenmelker is spelled Z-I-E-G-E-N-M-E-L-K-E-R (12 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written German, the 225,828th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ziegenmelker is a German masculine noun meaning “nightjar (nocturnal bird of the family Caprimulgidae)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Vertreter der Vogelgattung Caprimulgus aus der Familie der Nachtschwalben”.
What does Ziegenmelker mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinenightjar (nocturnal bird of the family Caprimulgidae)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vertreter der Vogelgattung Caprimulgus aus der Familie der Nachtschwalben 2. Speziell die Art Caprimulgus europaeus, ein einheimischer Vogel, mit rindenmusterartig gefärbtem Gefieder
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 Ziegenmelker
- Ziegenmelkers genitive
- Ziegenmelkern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Ziegenmelker?
- /ˈt͡siːɡn̩ˌmɛlkɐ/
- [ˈt͡siːɡn̩ˌmɛlkɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Ziegenmelker
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Ziegenmelker in German?
Ziegenmelker appears about once in every 16 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).