Backsteingotik
German, noun/ˈbakʃtaɪ̯nˌɡoːtɪk/
Backsteingotik is spelled B-A-C-K-S-T-E-I-N-G-O-T-I-K (14 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written German, the 197,584th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Backsteingotik is a German feminine noun meaning “brick gothic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Sonderform der Gotik, bei der meistens wegen Mangel an ausreichend Natursteinen Backstein als Baumaterial…”.
What does Backsteingotik mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebrick gothic
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sonderform der Gotik, bei der meistens wegen Mangel an ausreichend Natursteinen Backstein als Baumaterial verwendet wurde.
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce Backsteingotik?
- /ˈbakʃtaɪ̯nˌɡoːtɪk/
- [ˈbakʃtaɪ̯nˌɡoːtɪk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Backsteingotik in German?
Backsteingotik appears about once in every 13 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).