Beinhaus
[ˈbaɪ̯nˌhaʊ̯s]
The verdict
“Beinhaus” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein kapellenartiger Bau auf Friedhöfen, in dem bei der Anlage von neuen Gräbern gefundene Gebeine untergebracht werden
Corpus desk
Index DE-beinhaus · Beinhaus · German
Beinhaus · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Beinhaus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbaɪ̯nˌhaʊ̯s] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Beinhaus“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Beinhaus is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbaɪ̯nˌhaʊ̯s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein kapellenartiger Bau auf Friedhöfen, in dem bei der Anlage von neuen Gräbern gefundene Gebeine untergebracht werden".
Beinhaus has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Beinhaus, spelled B-E-I-N-H-A-U-S.
Definition
- 1ein kapellenartiger Bau auf Friedhöfen, in dem bei der Anlage von neuen Gräbern gefundene Gebeine untergebracht werden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Beinhaus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Mit der Jahrhundertwende zum 20. Jahrhundert kamen Beinhäuser immer mehr aus der Mode. Viele wurden abgebrochen oder zweckentfremdet, …“
„In Süddeutschland versah man außerdem die im Beinhaus aufbewahrten Schädel mit Hausmarken.“
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.