steinern
German, adjective/ˈʃtaɪ̯nɐn/
steinern is spelled S-T-E-I-N-E-R-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written German, the 195,050th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Steinern is a German adjective meaning “stone (made of stone)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “aus Stein bestehend”.
What does steinern mean in English?
adjective
- 1
stone (made of stone)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. aus Stein bestehend 2. gefühllos, hart
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 steinern
- steinerner masculine nominative singular
- steinerne feminine nominative singular
- steinernes neuter nominative singular
- steinernen genitive masculine singular
- steinernem dative masculine singular
- der steinerne definite includes-article masculine
- die steinerne definite feminine includes-article
- das steinerne definite includes-article neuter
- die steinernen definite includes-article nominative
- des steinernen definite genitive includes-article
- der steinernen definite feminine genitive
- dem steinernen dative definite includes-article
- den steinernen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce steinern?
- /ˈʃtaɪ̯nɐn/
- [ˈʃtaɪ̯nɐn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to steinern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is steinern in German?
steinern appears about once in every 13 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).