Bischofsstab
German, noun/ˈbɪʃɔfsˌʃtaːp/
Bischofsstab is spelled B-I-S-C-H-O-F-S-S-T-A-B (12 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written German, the 182,294th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bischofsstab is a German masculine noun meaning “bishop's crook, crozier” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Krummstab eines Bischofs”.
What does Bischofsstab mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebishop's crook, crozier
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Krummstab eines Bischofs
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 Bischofsstab
- Bischofsstabes genitive
- Bischofsstabs genitive
- Bischofsstäbe plural
- Bischofsstabe dative singular
- Bischofsstäben dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Bischofsstab?
- /ˈbɪʃɔfsˌʃtaːp/
- [ˈbɪʃɔfsˌʃtaːp]
- [ˈbɪʃoːfsˌʃtaːp]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Bischofsstab
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Bischofsstab in German?
Bischofsstab appears about once in every 11 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).