Stundenglas
[ˈʃtʊndn̩ˌɡlaːs]
The verdict
“Stundenglas” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Zeitmessgerät, in dem feiner Sand in einem festgelegten Intervall von einem oberen in ein unteres Gefäß rieselt
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Stundenglas |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃtʊndn̩ˌɡlaːs] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Stundenglas” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Stundenglas is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃtʊndn̩ˌɡlaːs]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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.
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Using “Stundenglas”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-T-U-N-D-E-N-G-L-A-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʃtʊndn̩ˌɡlaːs] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.