Zinke
German, noun
Zinke is spelled Z-I-N-K-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 90,067th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zinke is a German feminine noun meaning “prong” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, zinke is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “lange und spitze Fortsätze an der Spitze mancher Werkzeuge”.
What does Zinke mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineprong
- 2
femininetine
- 3
femininetenon
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- 3
singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. lange und spitze Fortsätze an der Spitze mancher Werkzeuge 2. Geheimzeichen des fahrenden Volkes zur unauffälligen Verständigung untereinander 3. unauffällige Markierung an einer Spielkarte, welche einem Kartenbetrüger den Wert einer Karte offenbart 4. Bestandteil der Zinkung, einer Methode der Holzverbindung
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 Zinke
- Zinken plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Zinke
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Zinke in German?
Zinke appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).