Bleistift
German, noun/ˈblaɪ̯ʃtɪft/
Bleistift is spelled B-L-E-I-S-T-I-F-T (9 letters) and appears 3.3 times per million words in written German, the 16,674th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bleistift is a German masculine noun meaning “pencil (writing utensil with a graphite shaft)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Schreibgerät aus Holz mit einer Mine bestehend aus Graphit”.
What does Bleistift mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepencil (writing utensil with a graphite shaft)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Schreibgerät aus Holz mit einer Mine bestehend aus Graphit
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 Bleistift
- Bleistiftes genitive
- Bleistifts genitive
- Bleistifte plural
- Bleistiften dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Bleistift?
- /ˈblaɪ̯ʃtɪft/
- [ˈblaɪ̯ˌʃtɪft]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Bleistift
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Bleistift in German?
Bleistift appears 3.3 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).