zää

• zä, zäh

From Middle High German zehen, from Old High German zehan, from Proto-Germanic *tehun. Cognate with German zehn, Dutch tien, English ten, Icelandic tíu.

• IPA^(key): /tsæː/

zää

1. ten
   • 1902, Robert Walser, Der Teich:

     So! I zäh Minute wüsse si's.

     There we go. In ten minutes, she'll know.

   • 1978, Rolf Lyssy and Christa Maerker, Die Schweizermacher (transcript):

     Soli…und zä sind füfzg. Dankche vil Mol.

     Here you are…and ten makes fifty. Thank you very much.