steiniger

[ˈʃtaɪ̯nɪɡɐ]

/[ˈʃtaɪ̯nɪɡɐ]/ adj

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The verdict

“steiniger” is uncommon German (frequency #63,802 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,802
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs steinig

Corpus desk

Index DE-steiniger · steiniger · German

steiniger · rank #63,802 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,802
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH stattlich

Nearest frequency peer: stattlich (-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 „steiniger“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for steiniger
PropertyValue
Headwordsteiniger
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈʃtaɪ̯nɪɡɐ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#63,802
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „steiniger“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.steinigerfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „stattlich“ (#63,801), „Steinigung“ (#63,803), „stare“ (#63,800). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „steiniger“ bei #63,802. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

steiniger is uncommon German at frequency #63,802 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʃtaɪ̯nɪɡɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

steiniger has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is steiniger, spelled S-T-E-I-N-I-G-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs steinig
  2. 2
    Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs steinig
  3. 3
    Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs steinig
  4. 4
    Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs steinig
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs steinig

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 "steiniger"?
"steiniger" is spelled S-T-E-I-N-I-G-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃtaɪ̯nɪɡɐ].
What does "steiniger" mean?
As an adjective, "steiniger" means: Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs steinig
How do you pronounce "steiniger"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "steiniger" is [ˈʃtaɪ̯nɪɡɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "steiniger" come from?
"steiniger" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

stattlich#63,801sprengten#63,796sortierte#63,783Teebeutel#63,834

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list