Kreuzbein
German, noun/ˈkʁɔɪ̯tsˌbaɪ̯n/
Kreuzbein is spelled K-R-E-U-Z-B-E-I-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 121,881st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kreuzbein is a German neuter noun meaning “sacrum (bone at the base of the spine)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein beim Menschen in etwa keilförmiger Knochen, auf dem die Wirbelsäule steht (lateinisch: Os sacrum)”.
What does Kreuzbein mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutersacrum (bone at the base of the spine)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein beim Menschen in etwa keilförmiger Knochen, auf dem die Wirbelsäule steht (lateinisch: Os sacrum)
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 Kreuzbein
- Kreuzbeines genitive
- Kreuzbeins genitive
- Kreuzbeine plural
- Kreuzbeinen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kreuzbein?
- /ˈkʁɔɪ̯tsˌbaɪ̯n/
- [ˈkʁɔɪ̯t͡sˌbaɪ̯n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Kreuzbein
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Kreuzbein in German?
Kreuzbein appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).