Zungenreden
German, noun/ˈtsʊŋn̩ʁeːdn̩/
Zungenreden is spelled Z-U-N-G-E-N-R-E-D-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 71 million words in written German, the 522,009th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zungenreden is a German neuter noun meaning “glossolalia (speaking in tongues)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “unverständliches Sprechen bei ekstatischen religiösen Praktiken”.
What does Zungenreden mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterglossolalia (speaking in tongues)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. unverständliches Sprechen bei ekstatischen religiösen Praktiken
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 Zungenreden
- Zungenredens genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Zungenreden?
- /ˈtsʊŋn̩ʁeːdn̩/
- [ˈt͡sʊŋənˌʁeːdn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Zungenreden
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Zungenreden in German?
Zungenreden appears about once in every 71 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).