Riesenstern
German, noun/ˈʁiːzn̩ˌʃtɛʁn/
Riesenstern is spelled R-I-E-S-E-N-S-T-E-R-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written German, the 297,534th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Riesenstern is a German masculine noun meaning “giant star” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Stern mit extrem großem Durchmesser und extrem großer Leuchtkraft, der bei gleicher Oberflächentemperatur…”.
What does Riesenstern mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegiant star
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Stern mit extrem großem Durchmesser und extrem großer Leuchtkraft, der bei gleicher Oberflächentemperatur innerhalb des Hertzsprung-Russell-Diagramms (HRD) deutlich oberhalb der Hauptreihe liegt
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 Riesenstern
- Riesensterns genitive
- Riesensterne plural
- Riesensternen dative definite plural
- Riesensternes genitive singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Riesenstern?
- /ˈʁiːzn̩ˌʃtɛʁn/
- [ˈʁiːzn̩ˌʃtɛʁn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Riesenstern in German?
Riesenstern appears about once in every 26 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).