Baustein
German, noun/ˈbaʊ̯ʃtaɪ̯n/
Baustein is spelled B-A-U-S-T-E-I-N (8 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written German, the 19,169th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Baustein is a German masculine noun meaning “brick” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Stein zum Bauen von Mauern, Gebäuden und Ähnlichem”.
What does Baustein mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebrick
- 2
masculinebuilding block, module, component
- 3
masculinedevice
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Stein zum Bauen von Mauern, Gebäuden und Ähnlichem 2. Bestandteil
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 Baustein
- Bausteines genitive
- Bausteins genitive
- Bausteine plural
- Bausteinen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Baustein?
- /ˈbaʊ̯ʃtaɪ̯n/
- [ˈbaʊ̯ˌʃtaɪ̯n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Baustein
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Baustein in German?
Baustein appears 2.8 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).