Zinnober
German, noun/tsɪˈnoːbɐ/
Zinnober is spelled Z-I-N-N-O-B-E-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 82,595th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zinnober is a German masculine noun meaning “cinnabar” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “blutrotes, zuweilen auch schwarzes Sulfid-Mineral (Quecksilbersulfid), in der roten Form als Pigment…”.
What does Zinnober mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecinnabar
- 2
colloquialmasculinesomething worthless, a questionable activity, effort or item
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. blutrotes, zuweilen auch schwarzes Sulfid-Mineral (Quecksilbersulfid), in der roten Form als Pigment (Malerfarbe) verwendet 2. unnötiges Zeug
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 Zinnober
- Zinnobers genitive
- Zinnobern dative definite plural
- Cinnober alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Zinnober?
- /tsɪˈnoːbɐ/
- [t͡sɪˈnoːbɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Zinnober
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Zinnober in German?
Zinnober 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).