Starenkasten
German, noun
Starenkasten is spelled S-T-A-R-E-N-K-A-S-T-E-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 51 million words in written German, the 434,655th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Starenkasten is a German masculine noun meaning “starling nest box, starling box” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an umlaut, Starenkästen is a different word: “plural of Starenkasten”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Vogelhäuschen als Nisthilfe für Stare”.
What does Starenkasten mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinestarling nest box, starling box
- 2
colloquialmasculinespeed camera
noun
- 1
plural of Starenkasten
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vogelhäuschen als Nisthilfe für Stare 2. fest installierter kastenförmiger Geschwindigkeitsmesser zur Überprüfung des Verkehrs
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 Starenkasten
- Starenkastens genitive
- Starenkästen plural
- Starenkästchen diminutive neuter
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is Starenkasten in German?
Starenkasten appears about once in every 51 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).