Glaswand

[ˈɡlaːsˌvant]

/[ˈɡlaːsˌvant]/ noun

The verdict

“Glaswand” is uncommon German (frequency #74,637 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#74,637
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Wand aus Glas

Corpus desk

Index DE-glaswand · Glaswand · German

Glaswand · rank #74,637 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #74,637
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH gives

Nearest frequency peer: gives (-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 „Glaswand“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Glaswand
PropertyValue
HeadwordGlaswand
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈɡlaːsˌvant]
Letters8
Frequency rank#74,637
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Glaswand“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Glaswandfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „gives“ (#74,636), „Gigolo“ (#74,635), „gewünschter“ (#74,634). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Glaswand“ bei #74,637. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Glaswand is uncommon German at frequency #74,637 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡlaːsˌvant]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Wand aus Glas".

Glaswand doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Glaswand, spelled G-L-A-S-W-A-N-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Wand aus Glas

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Die meisten schienen das Alpenpanorama vor der riesigen Glaswand gar nicht wahrzunehmen.“
  2. „Ebenfalls zu den Dauergästen des Bades zählt der Spanner mit dem Hasengebiss, der permanent draußen hinter der Glaswand des Bades den Schwimmern hinterherläuft.“

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 "Glaswand"?
"Glaswand" is spelled G-L-A-S-W-A-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɡlaːsˌvant].
What does "Glaswand" mean?
As a noun, "Glaswand" means: Wand aus Glas
How do you pronounce "Glaswand"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Glaswand" is [ˈɡlaːsˌvant]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Glaswand" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list