Zigeuner
German, noun/t͡siˈɡɔɪ̯nɐ/
Zigeuner is spelled Z-I-G-E-U-N-E-R (8 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written German, the 17,848th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zigeuner is a German masculine noun meaning “Gypsy, member of the Roma, Romani person” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “gegebenenfalls Fremdbezeichnung, die auf Angehörige der Roma und auf Jenische angewendet wird”.
What does Zigeuner mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineoffensiveGypsy, member of the Roma, Romani person
- 2
masculineoffensivemember of any of several other nomadic minorities
- 3
masculineoffensivedisorderly, lazy or dodgy person
- 4
masculineoffensivebohemian; unconventional or nonconformist artist or writer
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. gegebenenfalls Fremdbezeichnung, die auf Angehörige der Roma und auf Jenische angewendet wird 2. unordentlicher, fauler und unsteter Mensch 3. nonkonformistischer Künstler 4. gegebenenfalls Angehöriger einer marginalisierten „unsteten“ mehrheitsgesellschaftlichen Bevölkerungsgruppe
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 Zigeuner
- Zigeuners genitive
- Zigeunerin feminine
- Zigeunern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Zigeuner?
- /t͡siˈɡɔɪ̯nɐ/
- [t͡siˈɡɔɪ̯nɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Zigeuner
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Zigeuner in German?
Zigeuner appears 3.0 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).