Spezialstahl
German, noun
Spezialstahl is spelled S-P-E-Z-I-A-L-S-T-A-H-L (12 letters) and appears about once in every 43 million words in written German, the 391,488th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Spezialstahl is a German masculine noun meaning “special steel, any type of special alloy containing iron” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does Spezialstahl mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinespecial steel, any type of special alloy containing iron.
- 2
masculineNazi Germany code name for any classified kinetic energy penetrator material, often based around tungsten carbide.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of Spezialstahl
- Spezialstahles genitive
- Spezialstahls genitive
- Spezialstähle plural
- Spezialstahle dative singular
- Spezialstählen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is Spezialstahl in German?
Spezialstahl appears about once in every 43 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).