Zuchthaus
German, noun/ˈt͡sʊχthaʊ̯s/
Zuchthaus is spelled Z-U-C-H-T-H-A-U-S (9 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written German, the 28,120th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zuchthaus is a German neuter noun meaning “an aggravated form of prison with harsher conditions of detention” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “veraltend: Gefängnis für Häftlinge mit einem verschärften Strafvollzug”.
What does Zuchthaus mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuteran aggravated form of prison with harsher conditions of detention
- 2
datedinformalneuterprison
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. veraltend: Gefängnis für Häftlinge mit einem verschärften Strafvollzug
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 Zuchthaus
- Zuchthauses genitive
- Zuchthäuser plural
- Zuchthause dative singular
- Zuchthäusern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Zuchthaus?
- /ˈt͡sʊχthaʊ̯s/
- [ˈt͡sʊxthaʊ̯s]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Zuchthaus
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Zuchthaus in German?
Zuchthaus appears 1.6 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).