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Zille

German, noun[ˈt͡sɪlə]

Zille is a German feminine noun meaning “river barge” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “flacher Lastkahn, dessen Bug spitz zusammenläuft”.

What does Zille mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    Austriafeminineriver barge

  2. 2

    Austriafemininesmall, flat boat controlled by a rudder

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. flacher Lastkahn, dessen Bug spitz zusammenläuft

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 Zille

  • Zillen plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Zille?

  • [ˈt͡sɪlə]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is Zille in German?

Zille appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).