Polyglot Dictionary

Zeug

/tsɔɪ̯k/

das noun A2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. stuff, things

    A very common, informal catch-all for unspecified objects.

    • Räum dein Zeug auf!

      Clean up your stuff!

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Sache

Sache is more neutral and can be singular or plural ("eine Sache," "meine Sachen"); Zeug is an informal, uncountable catch-all — just "stuff" in general.

Practice

1 What does Zeug mean?

2 Fill the gap: Räum dein ___ auf!

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Zeug?

nouncolloquial

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