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Narrator: Today's word is "Zaun" — noun, pronounced /tsaʊn/, with the stress on "zaun".
Narrator: Zaun is the German word for fence, a barrier around a garden or field.
Narrator: In plain English, it means fence.
Narrator: It comes from Old High German zūn, related to English town.
Narrator: A common collocation is "Gartenzaun", which means garden fence in German.
Narrator: It differs from "Mauer", because Zaun is a fence, while Mauer is a wall.
Narrator: In a second sense, Zaun is also a fictional city in the game League of Legends.
Narrator: Language learning, translation and gaming meet the word.
Narrator: So remember: Zaun means fence in German.
Speaker A: What does "Zaun" mean on this German sign?
Speaker B: Fence! ZAUN comes from Old High German zūn.
Speaker A: Related to town?
Speaker B: A town was once a fenced place.
Speaker A: Example sentences?
Speaker B: "Der Zaun ist neu" means the fence is new, German. "Over the Zaun", language learning. "Zaun in the game", gaming.
Speaker A: Common mistakes?
Speaker B: Say "tsown", and capitalise it, as all German nouns are capitalised.
Speaker A: Close relatives?
Speaker B: Fence is its twin, Mauer its cousin, and hedge an alternative — yet Zaun keeps its German charm!
Speaker B: Let's use "Zaun" in AI prompts — useful for translation and language apps.
Speaker A: How for translation?
Speaker B: Context.
Prompt: Translate this German garden description including Zaun into natural English.
Speaker A: And language apps?
Speaker B: Flashcards.
Prompt: Create German flashcards for garden words like Zaun, Tor and Hecke.
Speaker A: Could it help etymology?
Speaker B: Yes, for history.
Prompt: Explain how German Zaun relates to English town.
Speaker A: One more?
Speaker B: Pronunciation.
Prompt: Teach English speakers how to pronounce German Zaun.
Zaun — meaning in Arabic & definition More Z courses GL Dictionary