zur
German, contraction/tsʊr/
zur is spelled Z-U-R (3 letters) and appears 1,862 times per million words in written German, the 69th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zur is a German contraction meaning “contraction of zu + der, literally “to the (feminine)”” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does zur mean in English?
contraction
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contraction of zu + der, literally “to the (feminine)”
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
abbreviation: 1. Kurzform von „zu der“
abbreviation: 1. zurück
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce zur?
- /tsʊr/
- /tsuːr/
- [t͡sʊʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is zur in German?
zur appears 1,862 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).