Piaster
[piˈastɐ]
The verdict
“Piaster” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Geldwert in Ägypten, Jordanien und im Libanon (sowie anderen Staaten), das dem hundertsten Teil der jeweiligen Landeswährung entspricht
Corpus desk
Index DE-piaster · Piaster · German
Piaster · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Piaster |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [piˈastɐ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Piaster“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Piaster is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [piˈastɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Piaster doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. 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.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Piaster, spelled P-I-A-S-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Geldwert in Ägypten, Jordanien und im Libanon (sowie anderen Staaten), das dem hundertsten Teil der jeweiligen Landeswährung entspricht
- 2historische Währung in mehreren Staaten
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Piaster appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Kleine Buben mit Holzkarren bieten an, die restlichen Einkäufe für ein paar Piaster in Salehs Blechhütte zu bringen.“
„Drei oder vier Tage später bot mir eine alte Sklavin auf der Straße einen goldgestickten Tabakbeutel zum Kauf an und verlangte einen Piaster.“
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.