Zimmerei
German, noun/ˌt͡sɪməˈʁaɪ̯/
Zimmerei is spelled Z-I-M-M-E-R-E-I (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 81,387th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zimmerei is a German feminine noun meaning “carpenter's workshop” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Betrieb des Bauwesens, der den Baustoff Holz nutzt”.
What does Zimmerei mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecarpenter's workshop
- 2
femininecarpentry (trade of cutting and joining timber in order to construct buildings or other structures)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Betrieb des Bauwesens, der den Baustoff Holz nutzt 2. ohne Plural Tätigkeit/Berufsbild der in [1] arbeitenden Handwerker
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 Zimmerei
- Zimmereien plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Zimmerei?
- /ˌt͡sɪməˈʁaɪ̯/
- [ˌt͡sɪməˈʁaɪ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Zimmerei
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Zimmerei in German?
Zimmerei appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).