Buntstift
German, noun/ˈbʊn(t)ˌʃtɪft/
Buntstift is spelled B-U-N-T-S-T-I-F-T (9 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 129,075th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Buntstift is a German masculine noun meaning “colored pencil” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein bleistiftähnliches Schreibgerät mit farbiger Mine”.
What does Buntstift mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecolored pencil
- 2
masculineany colored drawing utensil, thus including felt pens and crayons
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein bleistiftähnliches Schreibgerät mit farbiger Mine
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 Buntstift
- Buntstiftes genitive
- Buntstifts genitive
- Buntstifte plural
- Buntstiften dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Buntstift?
- /ˈbʊn(t)ˌʃtɪft/
- [ˈbʊntˌʃtɪft]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Buntstift
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Buntstift in German?
Buntstift appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).