Hirnschale
German, noun/ˈhɪʁnˌʃaːlə/
Hirnschale is spelled H-I-R-N-S-C-H-A-L-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written German, the 232,034th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hirnschale is a German feminine noun meaning “braincase (the part of the skull containing the brain)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “knochige Schale, in der sich das Gehirn befindet”.
What does Hirnschale mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebraincase (the part of the skull containing the brain)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. knochige Schale, in der sich das Gehirn befindet
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 Hirnschale
- Hirnschalen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Hirnschale?
- /ˈhɪʁnˌʃaːlə/
- [ˈhɪʁnˌʃaːlə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Hirnschale
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Hirnschale in German?
Hirnschale appears about once in every 17 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).