Nistkasten
German, noun
Nistkasten is spelled N-I-S-T-K-A-S-T-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 82,595th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nistkasten is a German masculine noun meaning “nest box” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an umlaut, Nistkästen is a different word: “plural of Nistkasten”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “künstliche Nisthilfe”.
What does Nistkasten mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinenest box
noun
- 1
plural of Nistkasten
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. künstliche Nisthilfe
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 Nistkasten
- Nistkastens genitive
- Nistkästen plural
- Nistkästchen diminutive neuter
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Nistkasten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Nistkasten in German?
Nistkasten appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).