Bindestrich
German, noun/ˈbɪndəʃtʁɪç/
Bindestrich is spelled B-I-N-D-E-S-T-R-I-C-H (11 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 48,795th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bindestrich is a German masculine noun meaning “hyphen (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Wortzeichen, das die Zusammengehörigkeit von Ausdrücken in einem Wort anzeigt”.
What does Bindestrich mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehyphen (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)
Bindestriche und Gedankenstriche.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Wortzeichen, das die Zusammengehörigkeit von Ausdrücken in einem Wort anzeigt 2. Wortzeichen, das die Auslassung eines Wortteils anzeigt
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 Bindestrich
- Bindestriches genitive
- Bindestrichs genitive
- Bindestriche plural
- Bindestrichen dative definite plural
- Viertelgeviertstrich symbol
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Bindestrich?
- /ˈbɪndəʃtʁɪç/
- [ˈbɪndəˌʃtʁɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Bindestrich
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Bindestrich in German?
Bindestrich appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).