Steinschlag

[ˈʃtaɪ̯nˌʃlaːk]

/[ˈʃtaɪ̯nˌʃlaːk]/ noun

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The verdict

“Steinschlag” is uncommon German (frequency #61,062 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,062
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Herabstürzen von durch Verwitterung losgelösten Steinen

Corpus desk

Index DE-steinschlag · Steinschlag · German

Steinschlag · rank #61,062 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,062
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH steifer

Nearest frequency peer: steifer (-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 „Steinschlag“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Steinschlag
PropertyValue
HeadwordSteinschlag
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃtaɪ̯nˌʃlaːk]
Letters11
Frequency rank#61,062
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Steinschlag“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „steifer“ (#61,061), „statuieren“ (#61,060), „Steuererklärungen“ (#61,064). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Steinschlag“ bei #61,062. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Steinschlag is uncommon German at frequency #61,062 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃtaɪ̯nˌʃlaːk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Steinschlag doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Steinschlag, spelled S-T-E-I-N-S-C-H-L-A-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Herabstürzen von durch Verwitterung losgelösten Steinen
  2. 2
    zerkleinertes Gestein
  3. 3
    Beschädigungen durch aufgewirbelte Steine durch vorausfahrende Fahrzeuge

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. In der Folge nehmen Bergstürze, Steinschlag und Muren zu - und die objektiven Gefahren steigen.
  2. Die Baugrube wurde nach dem Aufmauern der Fundamente mit Kies und Steinschlag aufgefüllt.

This word in other languages

rockfall(English)

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 "Steinschlag"?
"Steinschlag" is spelled S-T-E-I-N-S-C-H-L-A-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃtaɪ̯nˌʃlaːk].
What does "Steinschlag" mean?
As a noun, "Steinschlag" means: Herabstürzen von durch Verwitterung losgelösten Steinen
How do you pronounce "Steinschlag"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Steinschlag" is [ˈʃtaɪ̯nˌʃlaːk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Steinschlag" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

stattlicher#61,059Stimmrechte#61,065Spontanität#61,051Suchbegriff#61,074

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list