Zündholz
German, noun[ˈt͡sʏntˌhɔlt͡s]
Zündholz is spelled Z-Ü-N-D-H-O-L-Z (8 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 154,802nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zündholz is a German neuter noun meaning “match (device to make fire), matchstick” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “fachsprachlich: Holzstäbchen, an dessen Kopf sich ein Material befindet, das sich – sobald man es über…”.
What does Zündholz mean in English?
noun
- 1
AustriaSwitzerlandneutermatch (device to make fire), matchstick
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. fachsprachlich: Holzstäbchen, an dessen Kopf sich ein Material befindet, das sich – sobald man es über angeraute Pappe streicht – leicht entzündet
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 Zündholz
- Zündholzes genitive
- Zündhölzer plural
- Zündhölzchen diminutive neuter
- Zündhölzlein diminutive neuter
- Zündholze dative singular
- Zündhölzern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Zündholz?
- [ˈt͡sʏntˌhɔlt͡s]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Zündholz
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Zündholz in German?
Zündholz appears about once in every 9 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).