Zungenbein
German, noun/ˈt͡sʊŋənˌbaɪ̯n/
Zungenbein is spelled Z-U-N-G-E-N-B-E-I-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 161,302nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zungenbein is a German neuter noun meaning “hyoid bone” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “kleiner, beim Menschen etwa u-förmiger Knochen beziehungsweise Knorpel, der sich zwischen Zungenwurzel und…”.
What does Zungenbein mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterhyoid bone
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. kleiner, beim Menschen etwa u-förmiger Knochen beziehungsweise Knorpel, der sich zwischen Zungenwurzel und Kehlkopf befindet und sowohl die Zunge als auch die umliegende Muskulatur stützt
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 Zungenbein
- Zungenbeines genitive
- Zungenbeins genitive
- Zungenbeine plural
- Zungenbeinen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Zungenbein?
- /ˈt͡sʊŋənˌbaɪ̯n/
- [ˈt͡sʊŋənˌbaɪ̯n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Zungenbein in German?
Zungenbein 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).