Zink
German, noun
Zink is spelled Z-I-N-K (4 letters) and appears 3.8 times per million words in written German, the 15,068th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zink is a German neuter noun meaning “zinc” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, zink is a different word: “singular imperative of zinken”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 30; bläulich-weißes, leicht formbares Metall”.
What does Zink mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterzinc
noun
- 1
masculinecornetto (a trumpet-like wind instrument used in European music of the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods)
verb
- 1
singular imperative of zinken
- 2
colloquialfirst-person singular present of zinken
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 30; bläulich-weißes, leicht formbares Metall
noun: 1. historisches Blasinstrument mit einem konischen Rohr aus Holz oder Elfenbein, Grifflöchern und einem angesetzten oder eingedrehten Trompetenmundstück
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 Zink
- Zinkes genitive
- Zinks genitive
- Zinke dative singular
- Zinken plural
- Zn abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Zink
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Zink in German?
Zink appears 3.8 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).