Zikkurat
German, noun[ˈt͡sɪkuʁaːt]
Zikkurat is a German feminine noun meaning “ziggurat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein mehrstufiger Tempelbau der Hochkulturen Mesopotamiens, z. B. der Turm zu Babel”.
What does Zikkurat mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineziggurat
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein mehrstufiger Tempelbau der Hochkulturen Mesopotamiens, z. B. der Turm zu Babel
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 Zikkurat
- Zikkurate plural
- Zikkuraten dative definite plural
- Zikkurrat alternative
- Ziqqurrat alternative
- Ziggurat alternative rare
- Ziqqurat alternative rare
- Schiggorat, Ziggurat, Zikkurrat, Ziqqurrat alternative
- Zikkurats nominative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Zikkurat?
- [ˈt͡sɪkuʁaːt]
- [t͡sɪkuˈʁaːt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Zikkurat
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Zikkurat in German?
Zikkurat appears about once in every 17 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).