steinalt
German, adjective/ˈʃtaɪ̯nʔalt/
steinalt is spelled S-T-E-I-N-A-L-T (8 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 161,302nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Steinalt is a German adjective meaning “ancient” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sehr alt, ungewöhnlich alt”.
What does steinalt mean in English?
adjective
- 1
ancient
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. sehr alt, ungewöhnlich alt
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 steinalt
- steinalter masculine nominative singular
- steinalte feminine nominative singular
- steinaltes neuter nominative singular
- steinalten genitive masculine singular
- steinaltem dative masculine singular
- der steinalte definite includes-article masculine
- die steinalte definite feminine includes-article
- das steinalte definite includes-article neuter
- die steinalten definite includes-article nominative
- des steinalten definite genitive includes-article
- der steinalten definite feminine genitive
- dem steinalten dative definite includes-article
- den steinalten dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce steinalt?
- /ˈʃtaɪ̯nʔalt/
- [ˈʃtaɪ̯nʔalt]
- [ˈʃtaɪ̯nˈʔalt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is steinalt in German?
steinalt appears about once in every 9 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).