Prüfstein
German, noun/ˈpʁyːfˌʃtaɪ̯n/
Prüfstein is spelled P-R-Ü-F-S-T-E-I-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 73,335th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prüfstein is a German masculine noun meaning “touchstone” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Probierstein zur Feststellung der Zusammensetzung und des Reinheitsgrades von Edelmetallen”.
What does Prüfstein mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetouchstone
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Probierstein zur Feststellung der Zusammensetzung und des Reinheitsgrades von Edelmetallen 2. entscheidender Test
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 Prüfstein
- Prüfsteines genitive
- Prüfsteins genitive
- Prüfsteine plural
- Prüfsteinen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Prüfstein?
- /ˈpʁyːfˌʃtaɪ̯n/
- [ˈpʁyːfˌʃtaɪ̯n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Prüfstein
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Prüfstein in German?
Prüfstein 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).