Hinkelstein
German, noun/ˈhɪŋkəlˌʃtaɪ̯n/
Hinkelstein is spelled H-I-N-K-E-L-S-T-E-I-N (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). Hinkelstein is a German masculine noun meaning “menhir” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein hochkant als Mahnmal aufgerichteter, säulenförmiger, meist vollkommen unbearbeiteter Stein”.
What does Hinkelstein mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemenhir
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein hochkant als Mahnmal aufgerichteter, säulenförmiger, meist vollkommen unbearbeiteter Stein
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 Hinkelstein
- Hinkelsteins genitive
- Hinkelsteines genitive
- Hinkelsteine plural
- Hinkelsteinen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Hinkelstein?
- /ˈhɪŋkəlˌʃtaɪ̯n/
- [ˈhɪŋkl̩ˌʃtaɪ̯n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Hinkelstein
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Hinkelstein in German?
Hinkelstein 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).