Holzscheit
German, noun/ˈhɔltsʃaɪ̯t/
Holzscheit is spelled H-O-L-Z-S-C-H-E-I-T (10 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 132,783rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Holzscheit is a German masculine noun meaning “log (split wood used as firewood)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein gespaltenes grobes Stück (Brenn-)Holz”.
What does Holzscheit mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineneuterlog (split wood used as firewood)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein gespaltenes grobes Stück (Brenn-)Holz
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 Holzscheit
- Holzscheits genitive
- Holzscheites genitive
- Holzscheite plural
- Holzscheiter Austria Southern-Germany Switzerland
- Holzscheiten dative definite plural
- Holzscheitern Austria Southern-Germany Switzerland
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Holzscheit?
- /ˈhɔltsʃaɪ̯t/
- [ˈhɔlt͡sˌʃaɪ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Holzscheit in German?
Holzscheit appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).