Zupfinstrument
German, noun/ˈtsʊpfʔɪnstʁumɛnt/
Zupfinstrument is spelled Z-U-P-F-I-N-S-T-R-U-M-E-N-T (14 letters) and appears about once in every 24 million words in written German, the 282,248th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zupfinstrument is a German neuter noun meaning “plucked string instrument” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Musikinstrument, dessen Saiten mit den Fingern oder einem Plektrum angerissen oder angeschlagen und so in…”.
What does Zupfinstrument mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterplucked string instrument
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Musikinstrument, dessen Saiten mit den Fingern oder einem Plektrum angerissen oder angeschlagen und so in Schwingung versetzt werden
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 Zupfinstrument
- Zupfinstrumentes genitive
- Zupfinstruments genitive
- Zupfinstrumente plural
- Zupfinstrumenten dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Zupfinstrument?
- /ˈtsʊpfʔɪnstʁumɛnt/
- [ˈt͡sʊp͡fʔɪnstʁuˌmɛnt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Zupfinstrument in German?
Zupfinstrument appears about once in every 24 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).