Glasfenster
[ˈɡlaːsˌfɛnstɐ]
The verdict
“Glasfenster” is uncommon German (frequency #68,290 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,290
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fenster, dessen durchsichtige Fläche aus Glas besteht
Corpus desk
Index DE-glasfenster · Glasfenster · German
Glasfenster · rank #68,290 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,290
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH Gitta
Nearest frequency peer: Gitta (-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 „Glasfenster“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Gigawatt
Gigawatt
31,713 corpus weight
- Gitta
Gitta
31,712 corpus weight
- Glasfenster
Glasfenster
31,711 corpus weight
- Glinde
Glinde
31,710 corpus weight
- Globetrotter
Globetrotter
31,709 corpus weight
- Glossen
Glossen
31,708 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Glasfenster“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Glasfenster |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡlaːsˌfɛnstɐ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #68,290 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Glasfenster“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Glasfenster is uncommon German at frequency #68,290 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡlaːsˌfɛnstɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fenster, dessen durchsichtige Fläche aus Glas besteht".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Glasfenster in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Glasfenster, spelled G-L-A-S-F-E-N-S-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Fenster, dessen durchsichtige Fläche aus Glas besteht
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Glasfenster appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Da die Glasfenster der Straßenbahn mit einer blaugrünen Farbe angestrichen waren, wurde dem Auge eine genauere Sicht entzogen.“
„Und indem er diese Worte, anscheinend auf die ruhigste Weise aussprach, hatte er die Riemen des Sarges über seinen Kopf gezogen, sprang mit einem Satze auf seine Beine und auf Rosen zu, und sie in seine Arme aufraffend, stürzte er zurück in die Ecke an die Türe des Seitengemachs, daß die Scheiben des Glasfensters in tausend Stücke brachen.“
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.
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