Zoo
German, noun[t͡soː]
Zoo is spelled Z-O-O (3 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written German, the 5,262nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zoo is a German masculine noun meaning “zoo” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Einrichtung, eine Tierhaltung, die meist wissenschaftlich geleitet ist und welche der Bildung…”.
What does Zoo mean in English?
noun
- 1
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Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. eine Einrichtung, eine Tierhaltung, die meist wissenschaftlich geleitet ist und welche der Bildung, Forschung, Erholung und dem Artenschutz dient. In der breiten Öffentlichkeit werden aber auch andere Tierhaltungen wie größere Wildgehege und Volierensammlungen als solche verstanden.
prefix: 1. Tier
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 Zoo
- Zoos genitive
- zo- variant
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Zoo?
- [t͡soː]
- [ˈt͡soːo]
- [ˈt͡soo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Zoo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Zoo in German?
Zoo appears 14 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).