Tropfstein
German, noun[ˈtʁɔpfʃtaɪ̯n]
Tropfstein is spelled T-R-O-P-F-S-T-E-I-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written German, the 334,656th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tropfstein is a German masculine noun meaning “dripstone: stalactite or stalagmite” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “durch tropfendes Wasser entstandene Steine”.
What does Tropfstein mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedripstone: stalactite or stalagmite
hängender Tropfstein
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. durch tropfendes Wasser entstandene Steine
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 Tropfstein
- Tropfsteines genitive
- Tropfsteins genitive
- Tropfsteine plural
- Tropfsteinen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Tropfstein?
- [ˈtʁɔpfʃtaɪ̯n]
- [ˈtʁɔp͡fˌʃtaɪ̯n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Tropfstein
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Tropfstein in German?
Tropfstein appears about once in every 32 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).