zunähen
German, verb
zunähen is spelled Z-U-N-Ä-H-E-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written German, the 202,985th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zunähen is a German verb meaning “to suture” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Zunähen is a different word: “gerund of zunähen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Stoff oder Gewebe mit einer Naht verschließen”.
What does zunähen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to suture
- 2
to stitch up
noun
- 1
neutergerund of zunähen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Stoff oder Gewebe mit einer Naht verschließen 2. eine Wunde oder Gewebe mit einer chirurgischen Naht verschließen
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 zunähen
- näht zu present singular third-person
- nähte zu past
- zugenäht participle past
- haben auxiliary
- zunähend participle present
- zuzunähen infinitive infinitive-zu
- nähe zu first-person indicative present
- nähen zu first-person indicative plural
- nähst zu indicative present second-person
- nähest zu second-person singular subjunctive
- nähet zu plural second-person subjunctive
- nähten zu first-person indicative plural
- nähtest zu indicative preterite second-person
- nähtet zu indicative plural preterite
- nähe zu! imperative singular
- näht zu! imperative plural
- zugenäht haben active infinitive perfect
- zugenäht werden processual-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is zunähen in German?
zunähen appears about once in every 13 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).