Schlussstein
German, noun/ˈʃlʊsˌʃtaɪ̯n/
Schlussstein is spelled S-C-H-L-U-S-S-S-T-E-I-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 81,387th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schlussstein is a German masculine noun meaning “keystone” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “der keilförmige, häufig verzierte Stein im Scheitel eines Bogens oder eines Gewölbes”.
What does Schlussstein mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinekeystone
- 2
masculineboss
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. der keilförmige, häufig verzierte Stein im Scheitel eines Bogens oder eines Gewölbes 2. eine Aktion oder eine Tatsache, die einen Abschluss oder eine Vollendung bedeutet
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 Schlussstein
- Schlusssteines genitive
- Schlusssteins genitive
- Schlusssteine plural
- Schlusssteinen dative definite plural
- Schluss-Stein alternative
- Schlußstein alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schlussstein?
- /ˈʃlʊsˌʃtaɪ̯n/
- [ˈʃlʊsˌʃtaɪ̯n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Schlussstein
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schlussstein in German?
Schlussstein 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).