Bienenstock

[ˈbiːnənˌʃtɔk]

/[ˈbiːnənˌʃtɔk]/ noun

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The verdict

“Bienenstock” is uncommon German (frequency #59,506 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,506
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kastenförmige Behausung für ein Bienenvolk

Corpus desk

Index DE-bienenstock · Bienenstock · German

Bienenstock · rank #59,506 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #59,506
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Bezirksbürger…

Nearest frequency peer: Bezirksbürgermeister (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Bienenstock“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Bienenstock“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Bienenstock
PropertyValue
HeadwordBienenstock
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbiːnənˌʃtɔk]
Letters11
Frequency rank#59,506
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Bienenstock“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Bienenstockfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Bezirksbürgermeister“ (#59,505), „beziehst“ (#59,504), „Biograph“ (#59,508). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Bienenstock“ bei #59,506. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Bienenstock is uncommon German at frequency #59,506 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbiːnənˌʃtɔk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "kastenförmige Behausung für ein Bienenvolk".

No misspelling variants are generated for Bienenstock in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

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 Bienenstock, spelled B-I-E-N-E-N-S-T-O-C-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    kastenförmige Behausung für ein Bienenvolk

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Bienenstock appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Jeder Bienenstock hat zur Unterscheidung eine eigene Farbe.
  2. „Zu einer angenehmen Unterbrechung ihres Marsches gehörte die Entdeckung mehrerer Bienenstöcke in einem Bauerngarten.“

Synonyms

BienenkastenImmenstockStock

This word in other languages

beehive(English)abejar(Español)ruche(Français)colméia(Português)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Bienenstock"?
"Bienenstock" is spelled B-I-E-N-E-N-S-T-O-C-K. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbiːnənˌʃtɔk].
What does "Bienenstock" mean?
As a noun, "Bienenstock" means: kastenförmige Behausung für ein Bienenvolk
How do you pronounce "Bienenstock"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Bienenstock" is [ˈbiːnənˌʃtɔk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Bienenstock" come from?
"Bienenstock" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Bienenstock", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bezahlbarer#59,503bevorstehen#59,500Besorgungen#59,495beschimpfte#59,493

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list