steinbock
noun
steinbock is a noun meaning “A type of ibex (Capra ibex)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled S-T-E-I-N-B-O-C-K and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 32 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of steinbock is steinbocks.
What does steinbock mean?
noun
- 1
A type of ibex (Capra ibex).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce steinbock?
Steinbock has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of steinbock
- steinbocks plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is steinbock?
Steinbock appears about once in every 32 million words in written English, the 171,907th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Steinbock in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Alpine ibex:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | steinbock |
| German | Alpensteinbock |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does steinbock come from?
From German Steinbock.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).