züchtigen
German, verb
züchtigen is spelled Z-Ü-C-H-T-I-G-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 99,595th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Züchtigen is a German verb meaning “to corporally punish” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Züchtigen is a different word: “gerund of züchtigen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemanden (meist ein Kind) durch Schläge körperlich bestrafen”.
What does züchtigen mean in English?
verb
- 1
datedto corporally punish
noun
- 1
neutergerund of züchtigen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemanden (meist ein Kind) durch Schläge körperlich bestrafen
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 züchtigen
- züchtigt present singular third-person
- züchtigte past
- gezüchtigt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- züchtigend participle present
- züchtige first-person indicative present
- züchtigst indicative present second-person
- züchtigest second-person singular subjunctive
- züchtiget plural second-person subjunctive
- züchtigten first-person indicative plural
- züchtigtest indicative preterite second-person
- züchtigtet indicative plural preterite
- züchtig imperative second-person singular
- habe gezüchtigt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gezüchtigt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- züchtig! imperative singular
- züchtige! imperative singular
- züchtigt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to züchtigen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is züchtigen in German?
züchtigen 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).