Stundenglas
[ˈʃtʊndn̩ˌɡlaːs]
The verdict
“Stundenglas” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Zeitmessgerät, in dem feiner Sand in einem festgelegten Intervall von einem oberen in ein unteres Gefäß rieselt
Corpus desk
Index DE-stundenglas · Stundenglas · German
Stundenglas · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Stundenglas |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃtʊndn̩ˌɡlaːs] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Stundenglas“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Stundenglas is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃtʊndn̩ˌɡlaːs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Zeitmessgerät, in dem feiner Sand in einem festgelegten Intervall von einem oberen in ein unteres Gefäß rieselt".
Zero misspellings are on record for Stundenglas in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. 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 its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Stundenglas, spelled S-T-U-N-D-E-N-G-L-A-S.
Definition
- 1Zeitmessgerät, in dem feiner Sand in einem festgelegten Intervall von einem oberen in ein unteres Gefäß rieselt
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.