Zünder
German, noun
Zünder is spelled Z-Ü-N-D-E-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 41,722nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zünder is a German masculine noun meaning “fuze in an explosive, pyrotechnic device or military munition” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its umlaut, Zunder is a different word: “tinder”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Komponente, die eine Sprengladung zur Explosion bringt”.
What does Zünder mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefuze in an explosive, pyrotechnic device or military munition
- 2
Austriamasculinematchsticks
noun
- 1
masculinetinder
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. leicht brennbares Material, das zum Entfachen eines Feuers verwendet wird 2. das getrocknete Fleisch des Zunderschwamms
noun: 1. Komponente, die eine Sprengladung zur Explosion bringt 2. Streichhölzer
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 Zünder
- Zunders genitive
- Zundern dative definite plural
- Zünders genitive
- Zündern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Zünder
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Zünder in German?
Zünder appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).