The surface chemistry of water on zinc oxides is an important topic in catalysis and photocatalysis.I nteraction of D 2 Ow ith anisotropic ZnO(1010) surfaces was studied by IR reflection absorption spectroscopyu sing sand p-polarized light incident along different directions.I nterpretation of the experimental data is aided using isotopologues and DFT calculations.The presence of numerous species is revealed:intact monomers,am ixed 2D D 2 O/OD adlayer,a na nisotropic bilayer,a nd H-bonded 3D structures.T he isolated water monomers are identified unambiguously at low temperatures.T he thermally induced diffusion of water monomers occurs at elevated temperatures,f orming dimers that undergo autocatalytic dissociation via proton transfer.P olarization-and azimuth-resolved IR data providei nformation on the orientation and strength of H-bonds within the 2D and 3D structures.A binitio molecular dynamics simulations reveal strong anharmonic couplings within the H-bond network.Supportinginformation and the ORCID identification number(s) for the author(s) of this article can be found under: https://doi.org/10.