Glasfenster

[ˈɡlaːsˌfɛnstɐ]

/[ˈɡlaːsˌfɛnstɐ]/ noun

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

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Glasfenster“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Glasfenster
PropertyValue
HeadwordGlasfenster
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈɡlaːsˌfɛnstɐ]
Letters11
Frequency rank#68,290
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Glasfenster“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Glasfensterfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Gitta“ (#68,289), „Glinde“ (#68,291), „Gigawatt“ (#68,288). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Glasfenster“ bei #68,290. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Fenster, dessen durchsichtige Fläche aus Glas besteht

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Glasfenster appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Da die Glasfenster der Straßenbahn mit einer blaugrünen Farbe angestrichen waren, wurde dem Auge eine genauere Sicht entzogen.“
  2. „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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Glasfenster"?
"Glasfenster" is spelled G-L-A-S-F-E-N-S-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɡlaːsˌfɛnstɐ].
What does "Glasfenster" mean?
As a noun, "Glasfenster" means: Fenster, dessen durchsichtige Fläche aus Glas besteht
How do you pronounce "Glasfenster"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Glasfenster" is [ˈɡlaːsˌfɛnstɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Glasfenster" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Glasfenster", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list