Zunft
German, noun/tsʊnft/
Zunft is spelled Z-U-N-F-T (5 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written German, the 21,930th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zunft is a German feminine noun meaning “guild, especially of craftsmen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Organisation von Handwerkern vom Hochmittelalter bis ins 19. Jahrhundert”.
What does Zunft mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineguild, especially of craftsmen
- 2
feminineall of those who practice some craft or (humorous) any profession
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Organisation von Handwerkern vom Hochmittelalter bis ins 19. Jahrhundert 2. auf eine historische Zunft zurückgehende und von den historischen Zünften inspirierte Gesellschaft 3. Berufsgruppe
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 Zunft
- Zünfte plural
- Zünften dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Zunft?
- /tsʊnft/
- [t͡sʊnft]
- informal [t͡sʊɱft]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Zunft
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Zunft in German?
Zunft appears 2.3 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).