züchten
German, verb
züchten is spelled Z-Ü-C-H-T-E-N (7 letters) and appears 2.7 times per million words in written German, the 19,537th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Züchten is a German verb meaning “to breed (to guide the reproduction of one's animals or plants, especially in order to develop, strengthen or maintain specific features in…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, Zuchten is a different word: “plural of Zucht”. With a capital, Züchten is a different word: “gerund of züchten”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “(Tiere oder Pflanzen) planmäßig vermehren, um bestimmte Merkmale und/oder Eigenschaften hervorzubringen oder…”.
What does züchten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to breed (to guide the reproduction of one's animals or plants, especially in order to develop, strengthen or maintain specific features in them)
- 2
to cultivate, to grow (plants), to raise (animals), to keep (bees)
noun
- 1
feminineplural of Zucht
noun
- 1
neutergerund of züchten
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. (Tiere oder Pflanzen) planmäßig vermehren, um bestimmte Merkmale und/oder Eigenschaften hervorzubringen oder zu eliminieren, zu verstärken oder abzuschwächen 2. zur Entstehung bringen, hervorrufen 3. sich fortpflanzen, sich paaren, begatten
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 züchten
- züchtet present singular third-person
- züchtete past
- gezüchtet participle past
- haben auxiliary
- züchtend participle present
- züchte first-person indicative present
- züchtest indicative present second-person
- züchteten first-person indicative plural
- züchtetest indicative preterite second-person
- züchtetet indicative plural preterite
- zücht imperative second-person singular
- habe gezüchtet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gezüchtet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- züchte! imperative singular
- züchtet! imperative plural
- gezüchtet haben active infinitive perfect
- gezüchtet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- gezüchtet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to züchten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is züchten in German?
züchten appears 2.7 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).