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Glasscherbe

German, noun/ˈɡlaːsˌʃɛʁbə/

Glasscherbe is spelled G-L-A-S-S-C-H-E-R-B-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written German, the 187,243rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Glasscherbe is a German feminine noun meaning “glass shard” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Bruchstück, das von einem Gegenstand aus Glas (unter anderem geschmolzener Sand verarbeitet zu einem…”.

What does Glasscherbe mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineglass shard

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Bruchstück, das von einem Gegenstand aus Glas (unter anderem geschmolzener Sand verarbeitet zu einem durchsichtigen Material) stammt

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 Glasscherbe

  • Glasscherben plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Glasscherbe?

  • /ˈɡlaːsˌʃɛʁbə/
  • [ˈɡlaːsˌʃɛʁbə]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is Glasscherbe in German?

Glasscherbe appears about once in every 12 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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