Ortstein
German, noun[ˈɔʁtˌʃtaɪ̯n]
Ortstein is spelled O-R-T-S-T-E-I-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 51 million words in written German, the 434,655th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ortstein is a German masculine noun meaning “hardpan” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “feste, nahezu wasserundurchlässige Erdschicht”.
What does Ortstein mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehardpan
- 2
masculineboundary stone, cornerstone
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. feste, nahezu wasserundurchlässige Erdschicht
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 Ortstein
- Ortsteines genitive
- Ortsteins genitive
- Ortsteine plural
- Ortsteinen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Ortstein?
- [ˈɔʁtˌʃtaɪ̯n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Ortstein
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Ortstein in German?
Ortstein appears about once in every 51 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).