Zug·spit·ze (zo?og?sp?t-s?, tso?ok?shp?t-) A mountain, 2,962 m (9,718 ft) high, in the Bavarian Alps on the German-Austrian border. It is the highest peak in Germany.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.Zugspitze (?ts????p?ts?) n (Placename) a mountain peak in S Germany in the Bavarian Alps, on the Austrian border: the highest peak in Germany. Height: 2963 m (9721 ft)Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014