Zwerg
German, noun/t͡svɛʁk/
Zwerg is spelled Z-W-E-R-G (5 letters) and appears 4.3 times per million words in written German, the 13,799th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zwerg is a German masculine noun meaning “dwarf (creature)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “kleines Märchenwesen/Figur”.
What does Zwerg mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedwarf (creature)
- 2
masculinedwarf, midget
- 3
masculinegnome
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. kleines Märchenwesen/Figur 2. körperlich kleines, oft schwer bewaffnetes Wesen 3. Gartenzwerg 4. kleine Tierart, kleinwüchsiger Mensch
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 Zwerg
- Zwerges genitive
- Zwergs genitive
- Zwerge plural
- Zwergchen diminutive neuter
- Zwerglein diminutive neuter
- Zwergerl diminutive neuter
- Zwergin feminine
- Zwergen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Zwerg?
- /t͡svɛʁk/
- [t͡svɛʁk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Zwerg
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Zwerg in German?
Zwerg appears 4.3 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).