Spiegelstrich
German, noun/ˈʃpiːɡəlˌʃtrɪç/
Spiegelstrich is spelled S-P-I-E-G-E-L-S-T-R-I-C-H (13 letters) and appears about once in every 38 million words in written German, the 366,741st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Spiegelstrich is a German masculine noun meaning “a dash with the function to introduce an item in an unordered list” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Aufzählungszeichen”.
What does Spiegelstrich mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea dash with the function to introduce an item in an unordered list
- 2
masculineA division unit of a piece of law distinguished by the said sign, called in English indentation or indent
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein Aufzählungszeichen 2. der Inhalt, der hinter einem Aufzählungszeichen niedergeschrieben ist
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 Spiegelstrich
- Spiegelstriches genitive
- Spiegelstrichs genitive
- Spiegelstriche plural
- Spiegelstrichen dative definite plural
- – symbol
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Spiegelstrich?
- /ˈʃpiːɡəlˌʃtrɪç/
- [ˈʃpiːɡl̩ˌʃtʁɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Spiegelstrich
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Spiegelstrich in German?
Spiegelstrich appears about once in every 38 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).