Leiste
German, noun
Leiste is spelled L-E-I-S-T-E (6 letters) and appears 4.4 times per million words in written German, the 13,580th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Leiste is a German feminine noun meaning “lath used as covering or support; skirting board; ledge, ledger” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, leiste is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “schmales, meistens langes Bauteil aus Holz, Metall oder Kunststoff”.
What does Leiste mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelath used as covering or support; skirting board; ledge, ledger
- 2
femininerow of buttons, switches, or similar elements
- 3
femininegroin
- 4
femininebar
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- 3
singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. schmales, meistens langes Bauteil aus Holz, Metall oder Kunststoff 2. ein Heroldsbild 3. Region des menschlichen Körpers, die beidseits den Übergang der Bauchwand zum Oberschenkel markiert 4. Teil der Benutzeroberfläche von Computerprogrammen
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 Leiste
- Leisten plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Leiste
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Leiste in German?
Leiste appears 4.4 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).