Ziffer
German, noun/ˈt͡sɪfɐ/
Ziffer is spelled Z-I-F-F-E-R (6 letters) and appears 3.9 times per million words in written German, the 14,778th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ziffer is a German feminine noun meaning “digit, numeral” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “einzelnes Zeichen zur Darstellung einer Zahl”.
What does Ziffer mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedigit, numeral
- 2
femininea numbered division unit written alongside the text
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. einzelnes Zeichen zur Darstellung einer Zahl 2. Abschnitt eines Paragraphen 3. Zahl; numerische Angabe (zu einem genannten Thema) 4. dasjenige, das unter dem folgenden Nummernschlüssel bekannt oder in einem Text erläutert ist
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 Ziffer
- Ziffern plural
- Ziff. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Ziffer?
- /ˈt͡sɪfɐ/
- [ˈt͡sɪfɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Ziffer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Ziffer in German?
Ziffer appears 3.9 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).