Question for all the experts

Hi everyone,
I have a question: I want to crochet a penguin, but the pattern is in English and I don’t understand all the terms. I’ve already been able to translate some of it, but I don’t understand the context. Can someone explain this sentence to me:

sc in next 6 sc Zers. over round next 2 sc

What I mainly don’t understand is “Zers.”

Thanks for your help, I’m getting desperate.

Hi,
did you translate that using Google Translate? What does the original say?

Best
regards, Michaela

No, I don’t have it anymore, but this “Zers.” comes up often.
I’ve seen it in other patterns too.

 sc in next 6 sc, dec over next 2 sc around—that’s the original

dec = decrease
that means you’re working 2 stitches together here — which is usually abbreviated as “zus” in German patterns