Nierenstein
German, noun/ˈniːʁənˌʃtaɪn/
Nierenstein is spelled N-I-E-R-E-N-S-T-E-I-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written German, the 168,023rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nierenstein is a German masculine noun meaning “nephrolith, kidney stone” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “steinartige Ablagerungen in der Niere, die aus Bestandteilen des Harns bestehen (Vergleiche auch Nierengrieß)”.
What does Nierenstein mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinenephrolith, kidney stone
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. steinartige Ablagerungen in der Niere, die aus Bestandteilen des Harns bestehen (Vergleiche auch Nierengrieß)
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 Nierenstein
- Nierensteins genitive
- Nierensteine plural
- Nierensteinen dative definite plural
- Nierensteines genitive singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Nierenstein?
- /ˈniːʁənˌʃtaɪn/
- [ˈniːʁənˌʃtaɪ̯n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Nierenstein in German?
Nierenstein appears about once in every 10 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).