Ziegelstein

[ˈt͡siːɡl̩ˌʃtaɪ̯n]

/[ˈt͡siːɡl̩ˌʃtaɪ̯n]/ noun

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The verdict

“Ziegelstein” is uncommon German (frequency #59,354 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,354
frequency rank, German
1,996
“Z” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - laienhafte Bezeichnung für den Ziegel, eine im Bauwesen verwendete Grobkeramik

Corpus desk

Index DE-ziegelstein · Ziegelstein · German

Ziegelstein · rank #59,354 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #59,354
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,996
  • PHOTO-FINISH Zerstreuung

Nearest frequency peer: Zerstreuung (-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 „Ziegelstein“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Ziegelstein
PropertyValue
HeadwordZiegelstein
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈt͡siːɡl̩ˌʃtaɪ̯n]
Letters11
Frequency rank#59,354
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Ziegelstein“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Ziegelsteinfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Zerstreuung“ (#59,353), „zerschmettert“ (#59,352), „Zirndorf“ (#59,357). Unter 1,996 „Z“-Lemmata liegt „Ziegelstein“ bei #59,354. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Ziegelstein is uncommon German at frequency #59,354 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt͡siːɡl̩ˌʃtaɪ̯n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "laienhafte Bezeichnung für den Ziegel, eine im Bauwesen verwendete Grobkeramik".

Ziegelstein doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Ziegelstein, spelled Z-I-E-G-E-L-S-T-E-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    laienhafte Bezeichnung für den Ziegel, eine im Bauwesen verwendete Grobkeramik

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. …, wobei er sein Haus durch einen unter das Fenster eingemauerten Ziegelstein kenntlich machen wollte, damit es nicht auch ausgeplündert werden möchte.
  2. „Die Schönheit des Gewölbes und der Wände ward durch die Zierde des Fußbodens erhöht, der aus besonders geformten, nach einem schönen Muster gelegten, durch eine gegossene Gipsfläche verbundenen Ziegelsteinen bestand.“

Synonyms

BacksteinZiegel

This word in other languages

brick(English)ladrillo(Español)brique(Français)tijolo(Português)

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 "Ziegelstein"?
"Ziegelstein" is spelled Z-I-E-G-E-L-S-T-E-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt͡siːɡl̩ˌʃtaɪ̯n].
What does "Ziegelstein" mean?
As a noun, "Ziegelstein" means: laienhafte Bezeichnung für den Ziegel, eine im Bauwesen verwendete Grobkeramik
How do you pronounce "Ziegelstein"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Ziegelstein" is [ˈt͡siːɡl̩ˌʃtaɪ̯n]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Ziegelstein" come from?
"Ziegelstein" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Zerstreuung#59,353Wirkstoffen#59,343weggefahren#59,331Wahllokalen#59,323

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list