Bierglas
[ˈbiːɐ̯ˌɡlaːs]
The verdict
“Bierglas” is uncommon German (frequency #96,748 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,748
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Glas, das speziell für Bier dient
Corpus desk
Index DE-bierglas · Bierglas · German
Bierglas · rank #96,748 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,748
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH bibliografisc…
Nearest frequency peer: bibliografische (-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 „Bierglas“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Biarritz
Biarritz
3,255 corpus weight
- bibliografi…
bibliografische
3,254 corpus weight
- Bierglas
Bierglas
3,253 corpus weight
- biff
biff
3,252 corpus weight
- Bildarchiv
Bildarchiv
3,250 corpus weight
- Bildungsbür…
Bildungsbürgertum
3,249 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Bierglas“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bierglas |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbiːɐ̯ˌɡlaːs] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #96,748 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Bierglas“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Bierglas is uncommon German at frequency #96,748 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbiːɐ̯ˌɡlaːs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Glas, das speziell für Bier dient".
No misspelling variants are generated for Bierglas in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Bierglas, spelled B-I-E-R-G-L-A-S.
Definition
- 1Glas, das speziell für Bier dient
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Bierglas appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Vor den beiden Studenten steht jeweils ein volles Bierglas für einen so genannten Bierjungen oder die Biermensur, das ritualisierte Wettsaufen.“ (www.spiegel.de)
„Müller schaut voller Verachtung in sein Bierglas.“
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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