Steinadler
[ˈʃtaɪ̯nˌʔaːdlɐ]
The verdict
“Steinadler” is uncommon German (frequency #93,651 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,651
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - großer Adler mit auffallend majestätischem Flug (gemächlicher Flügelschlag), sein Gefieder ist dunkelbraun, bei Alttieren sind Nacken und Oberkopf goldgelb gefärbt
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Steinadler |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃtaɪ̯nˌʔaːdlɐ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #93,651 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Steinadler” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Steinadler is uncommon German at frequency #93,651 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃtaɪ̯nˌʔaːdlɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "großer Adler mit auffallend majestätischem Flug (gemächlicher Flügelschlag), sein Gefieder ist dunkelbraun, bei Alttieren sind Nacken und Oberkopf goldgelb gefärbt".
No misspelling variants are generated for Steinadler in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Steinadler, spelled S-T-E-I-N-A-D-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1großer Adler mit auffallend majestätischem Flug (gemächlicher Flügelschlag), sein Gefieder ist dunkelbraun, bei Alttieren sind Nacken und Oberkopf goldgelb gefärbt
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Steinadler”
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- The one correct German spelling is S-T-E-I-N-A-D-L-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.