kasta sten i glashus

/[`kasta ˈsteːn ɪ `ɡlɑːsˌhʉːs]/ phrase

The verdict

“kasta sten i glashus” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
20
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: andere für die Fehler kritisieren, die man selbst hat; anderen ihre Fehler vorwerfen, während man selbst auch viele Fehler hat oder gemacht hat; „Stein werfen in Glashaus“

Key facts for kasta sten i glashus
PropertyValue
Headwordkasta sten i glashus
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[`kasta ˈsteːn ɪ `ɡlɑːsˌhʉːs]
Letters20
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “kasta sten i glashus” sits in German frequency

kasta sten i glashus falls outside the top-100,000 ranked German words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for kasta sten i glashus is 20 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [`kasta ˈsteːn ɪ `ɡlɑːsˌhʉːs]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "andere für die Fehler kritisieren, die man selbst hat; anderen ihre Fehler vorwerfen, während man selbst auch viele Fehler hat oder gemacht hat; „Stein werfen in Glashaus“".

No misspelling variants are generated for kasta sten i glashus in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is kasta sten i glashus, spelled K-A-S-T-A- -S-T-E-N- -I- -G-L-A-S-H-U-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    andere für die Fehler kritisieren, die man selbst hat; anderen ihre Fehler vorwerfen, während man selbst auch viele Fehler hat oder gemacht hat; „Stein werfen in Glashaus“

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "kasta sten i glashus"?
"kasta sten i glashus" is spelled K-A-S-T-A- -S-T-E-N- -I- -G-L-A-S-H-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is [`kasta ˈsteːn ɪ `ɡlɑːsˌhʉːs].
What does "kasta sten i glashus" mean?
As a phrase, "kasta sten i glashus" means: andere für die Fehler kritisieren, die man selbst hat; anderen ihre Fehler vorwerfen, während man selbst auch viele Fehler hat oder gemacht hat; „Stein werfen in Glashaus“
How do you pronounce "kasta sten i glashus"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "kasta sten i glashus" is [`kasta ˈsteːn ɪ `ɡlɑːsˌhʉːs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Using “kasta sten i glashus”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is K-A-S-T-A- -S-T-E-N- -I- -G-L-A-S-H-U-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [`kasta ˈsteːn ɪ `ɡlɑːsˌhʉːs] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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