Zungenschlag
German, noun/ˈtsʊŋənˌʃlaːk/
Zungenschlag is spelled Z-U-N-G-E-N-S-C-H-L-A-G (12 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written German, the 174,963rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zungenschlag is a German masculine noun meaning “flap of the tongue” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “tendenziöse Äußerung”.
What does Zungenschlag mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineflap of the tongue
- 2
masculineaccent (distinctive manner of pronouncing a language associated with a particular region, social group, etc.)
mit bayerischem Zungenschlag
- 3
masculinetone (the particular manner in which speech or writing is expressed)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. tendenziöse Äußerung
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 Zungenschlag
- Zungenschlags genitive
- Zungenschlages genitive
- Zungenschläge plural
- Zungenschlage dative singular
- Zungenschlägen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Zungenschlag?
- /ˈtsʊŋənˌʃlaːk/
- /-ˌʃla(ː)x/
- [ˈt͡sʊŋənˌʃlaːk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Zungenschlag in German?
Zungenschlag appears about once in every 10 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).