steinhart

[ˈʃtaɪ̯nˈhaʁt]

/[ˈʃtaɪ̯nˈhaʁt]/ adj

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The verdict

“steinhart” is an uncommon German word, ranked #57,433 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.

#57,433
frequency rank, German
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - hart wie Stein, sehr hart

Key facts for steinhart
PropertyValue
Headwordsteinhart
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈʃtaɪ̯nˈhaʁt]
Letters9
Frequency rank#57,433
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “steinhart” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). steinhart lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for steinhart is 9 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃtaɪ̯nˈhaʁt]. Corpus data places it at rank #57,433 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "hart wie Stein, sehr hart".

No generated misspelling entries exist for steinhart in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is steinhart, spelled S-T-E-I-N-H-A-R-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    hart wie Stein, sehr hart

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "steinhart"?
"steinhart" is spelled S-T-E-I-N-H-A-R-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃtaɪ̯nˈhaʁt].
What does "steinhart" mean?
As an adjective, "steinhart" means: hart wie Stein, sehr hart
How do you pronounce "steinhart"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "steinhart" is [ˈʃtaɪ̯nˈhaʁt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "steinhart" come from?
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Using “steinhart”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is S-T-E-I-N-H-A-R-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈʃtaɪ̯nˈhaʁt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list