steinhart

[ˈʃtaɪ̯nˈhaʁt]

/[ˈʃtaɪ̯nˈhaʁt]/ adj

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The verdict

“steinhart” is uncommon German (frequency #57,433 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,433
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - hart wie Stein, sehr hart

Corpus desk

Index DE-steinhart · steinhart · German

steinhart · rank #57,433 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,433
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Stelzen

Nearest frequency peer: Stelzen (+1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „steinhart“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „steinhart“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for steinhart
PropertyValue
Headwordsteinhart
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈʃtaɪ̯nˈhaʁt]
Letters9
Frequency rank#57,433
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „steinhart“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).steinhartfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Stelzen“ (#57,434), „staubigen“ (#57,431), „statistics“ (#57,430). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „steinhart“ bei #57,433. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

steinhart is uncommon German at frequency #57,433 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʃtaɪ̯nˈhaʁt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how steinhart appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „War ’n schlanker Typ, groß, mit steinharten Muskeln in ’n Armen, die aussahen wie Äpfel unter der Haut.“
  2. „Seine Frau zu betrügen, verschaffte seinem Herzen eine sofortige steinharte Erektion.“

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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "steinhart", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

staubigen#57,431Städtetag#57,446stärkerem#57,447Sparpläne#57,418

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list