Stirnbein
German, noun/ˈʃtɪʁnˌbaɪ̯n/
Stirnbein is spelled S-T-I-R-N-B-E-I-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written German, the 165,772nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Stirnbein is a German neuter noun meaning “frontal bone” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “unpaariger, zwischen Nasen-, Joch- und Scheitelbein gelegener, den vorderen Teil des Schädeldaches sowie die…”.
What does Stirnbein mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterfrontal bone
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. unpaariger, zwischen Nasen-, Joch- und Scheitelbein gelegener, den vorderen Teil des Schädeldaches sowie die Grundlage der Stirn bildender Schädelknochen
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 Stirnbein
- Stirnbeines genitive
- Stirnbeins genitive
- Stirnbeine plural
- Stirnbeinen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Stirnbein?
- /ˈʃtɪʁnˌbaɪ̯n/
- [ˈʃtɪʁnˌbaɪ̯n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Stirnbein in German?
Stirnbein appears about once in every 10 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).