zunicken
German, verb[ˈt͡suːˌnɪkn̩]
zunicken is spelled Z-U-N-I-C-K-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written German, the 289,823rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zunicken is a German verb meaning “to nod (to or at)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine (freundlich gemeinte) Aufmerksamkeit zeigende, grüßende, nickende Bewegung mit dem Kopf machen, die an…”.
What does zunicken mean in English?
verb
- 1
to nod (to or at)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. eine (freundlich gemeinte) Aufmerksamkeit zeigende, grüßende, nickende Bewegung mit dem Kopf machen, die an eine andere Person gerichtet ist und auch eine bestimmte Botschaft übermitteln kann
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 zunicken
- nickt zu present singular third-person
- nickte zu past
- zugenickt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- zunickend participle present
- zuzunicken infinitive infinitive-zu
- nicke zu first-person indicative present
- nicken zu first-person indicative plural
- nickst zu indicative present second-person
- nickest zu second-person singular subjunctive
- nicket zu plural second-person subjunctive
- nickten zu first-person indicative plural
- nicktest zu indicative preterite second-person
- nicktet zu indicative plural preterite
- nick zu! imperative singular
- nicke zu! imperative singular
- nickt zu! imperative plural
- zugenickt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zunicken?
- [ˈt͡suːˌnɪkn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is zunicken in German?
zunicken appears about once in every 25 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).