Alaunstein
German, noun[aˈlaʊ̯nˌʃtaɪ̯n]
Alaunstein is spelled A-L-A-U-N-S-T-E-I-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 60 million words in written German, the 476,489th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alaunstein is a German masculine noun meaning “alunite” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Mineral von weißer, grauer oder gelber Farbe, das zur Gewinnung von Alaun verwendet wird”.
What does Alaunstein mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealunite
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mineral von weißer, grauer oder gelber Farbe, das zur Gewinnung von Alaun verwendet wird 2. Verbindung aus Alaun, die als blutstillendes Mittel eingesetzt wird
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Alaunstein
- Alaunsteins genitive
- Alaunsteines genitive
- Alaunsteine plural
- Alaunsteinen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Alaunstein?
- [aˈlaʊ̯nˌʃtaɪ̯n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Alaunstein in German?
Alaunstein appears about once in every 60 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).