Zaun

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Zaun.

Proper noun

Zaun (plural Zauns)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Zaun is the 33280^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 687 individuals. Zaun is most common among White (94.91%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Zaun”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

German

Etymology

From Middle High German zūn, from Old High German zūn. Cognate e.g. with Dutch tuin, English town, Danish tun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tsaʊ̯n/, [t͡saʊ̯n]

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aʊ̯n
• Hyphenation: Zaun

Noun

Zaun m (strong, genitive Zauns or Zaunes, plural Zäune, diminutive Zäunchen n)

1. fence

Declension

Declension of Zaun [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Zaun	die	Zäune
genitive	eines	des	Zauns, Zaunes	der	Zäune
dative	einem	dem	Zaun, Zaune1	den	Zäunen
accusative	einen	den	Zaun	die	Zäune

¹Now rare, see notes.

Hyponyms

• Drahtzaun, Gartenzaun, Kaninchendrahtzaun, Maschendrahtzaun, Holzzaun, Metallzaun

Derived terms

• abzäunen, einzäunen, umzäunen, verzäunen
• Zauneidechse, Zaungast, Zaunkönig, Zaunlatte, Zaunrübe
• nicht tot überm Zaun hängen wollen

Further reading

• “Zaun” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Zaun” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Zaun” in Duden online

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Middle High German zūn, from Old High German zūn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡saʊ̯n/

Noun

Zaun m (plural Zein, diminutive Zaunche)

1. fence

Further reading

• Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Zaun”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch