der Eckpfeiler

B2 Noun frequency rank #11,768

What Eckpfeiler means

Noun

cornerstone (all senses)
pillar (in the corner of a room)

Forms

der Eckpfeiler · die Eckpfeiler

Plural: Eckpfeiler

Pronunciation

Eckpfeiler in a sentence

Wenn Kultur das Fundament einer Gesellschaft ist, dann ist Sprache der Eckpfeiler der Kultur.

If culture is the bedrock of a society, then language is the cornerstone of culture.

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Eckpfeiler is B2 German — upper-intermediate vocabulary, ranked #11,768 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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