Kristall
German, noun/kʁɪsˈtal/
Kristall is spelled K-R-I-S-T-A-L-L (8 letters) and appears 3.5 times per million words in written German, the 16,125th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kristall is a German masculine noun meaning “crystal in the sense of mineral and its molecular structure ("array of atoms"), not in the sense of glass / glassware ("das Kristall")” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “homogener Körper, der eine periodische, dreidimensionale Struktur hat”.
What does Kristall mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecrystal in the sense of mineral and its molecular structure ("array of atoms"), not in the sense of glass / glassware ("das Kristall")
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. homogener Körper, der eine periodische, dreidimensionale Struktur hat
noun: 1. geschliffenes Glas mit hohem Brechungsindex, das handwerklich oder kunsthandwerklich hergestellt wird
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 Kristall
- Kristalles genitive
- Kristalls genitive
- Kristalle plural
- Kriställchen diminutive neuter
- Kristallen dative definite plural
- Christal alternative
- Cristall obsolete
- Crystall obsolete
- Krystall obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kristall?
- /kʁɪsˈtal/
- [kʁɪsˈtal]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Kristall
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Kristall in German?
Kristall appears 3.5 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).