Bierglas

[ˈbiːɐ̯ˌɡlaːs]

/[ˈbiːɐ̯ˌɡlaːs]/ noun

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Bierglas
PropertyValue
HeadwordBierglas
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbiːɐ̯ˌɡlaːs]
Letters8
Frequency rank#96,748
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Bierglas“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „bibliografische“ (#96,747), „biff“ (#96,749), „Biarritz“ (#96,746). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Bierglas“ bei #96,748. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Glas, das speziell für Bier dient

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Vor den beiden Studenten steht jeweils ein volles Bierglas für einen so genannten Bierjungen oder die Biermensur, das ritualisierte Wettsaufen.“ (www.spiegel.de)
  2. „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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Bierglas"?
"Bierglas" is spelled B-I-E-R-G-L-A-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbiːɐ̯ˌɡlaːs].
What does "Bierglas" mean?
As a noun, "Bierglas" means: Glas, das speziell für Bier dient
How do you pronounce "Bierglas"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Bierglas" is [ˈbiːɐ̯ˌɡlaːs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Bierglas" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list