Keilstein
German, noun/ˈkaɪ̯lˌʃtaɪ̯n/
Keilstein is spelled K-E-I-L-S-T-E-I-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 89 million words in written German, the 594,587th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Keilstein is a German masculine noun meaning “voussoir” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein keilförmiger Stein in gemauerten Bögen oder Gewölben”.
What does Keilstein mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinevoussoir
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein keilförmiger Stein in gemauerten Bögen oder Gewölben
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 Keilstein
- Keilsteines genitive
- Keilsteins genitive
- Keilsteine plural
- Keilsteinen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Keilstein?
- /ˈkaɪ̯lˌʃtaɪ̯n/
- [ˈkaɪ̯lˌʃtaɪ̯n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Keilstein in German?
Keilstein appears about once in every 89 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).