Panzerglas

[ˈpant͡sɐˌɡlaːs]

/[ˈpant͡sɐˌɡlaːs]/ noun

The verdict

“Panzerglas” is uncommon German (frequency #97,492 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#97,492
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - besonders stabiles Glas, das zum Objekt- und Personenschutz eingesetzt wird

Corpus desk

Index DE-panzerglas · Panzerglas · German

Panzerglas · rank #97,492 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #97,492
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH Pantomimen

Nearest frequency peer: Pantomimen (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Panzerglas“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Panzerglas“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Panzerglas
PropertyValue
HeadwordPanzerglas
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈpant͡sɐˌɡlaːs]
Letters10
Frequency rank#97,492
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Panzerglas“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Panzerglasfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Pantomimen“ (#97,491), „paranormal“ (#97,493), „panischen“ (#97,490). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „Panzerglas“ bei #97,492. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Panzerglas is uncommon German at frequency #97,492 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpant͡sɐˌɡlaːs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "besonders stabiles Glas, das zum Objekt- und Personenschutz eingesetzt wird".

Panzerglas doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Panzerglas, spelled P-A-N-Z-E-R-G-L-A-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    besonders stabiles Glas, das zum Objekt- und Personenschutz eingesetzt wird

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Panzerglas appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Beim ersten Entwurf eines Automobils für den Papst auf der Basis der G-Klasse bot sich dieser kompakte Kubus aus einem hochmodernen Kunststoff (nicht aus Panzerglas, wie oft vermutet) an - die Kuppel war dadurch bei Bedarf leicht vom Chassis des umgebauten Geländewagens zu trennen.“
  2. „Die ökologisch bewussten Neureichen ließen die Kirchenruine akkurat entsorgen, den Bach in ein Häuschen aus Panzerglas einhüllen und den Priester verjagen.“

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Panzerglas"?
"Panzerglas" is spelled P-A-N-Z-E-R-G-L-A-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpant͡sɐˌɡlaːs].
What does "Panzerglas" mean?
As a noun, "Panzerglas" means: besonders stabiles Glas, das zum Objekt- und Personenschutz eingesetzt wird
How do you pronounce "Panzerglas"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Panzerglas" is [ˈpant͡sɐˌɡlaːs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Panzerglas", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list