ständig
German, adjective/ˈʃtɛndɪç/
ständig is a German adjective meaning “permanent, constant (without breaks)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “immer während, oder mindestens über einen langen Zeitraum hinweg”.
What does ständig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
permanent, constant (without breaks)
Er ist ein ständiger Gast im Hotel.
- 2
persistent, incessant, constant (repeated very often)
Ich bin fertig mit deinem ständigen Jammern.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. immer während, oder mindestens über einen langen Zeitraum hinweg 2. sich immer wiederholend, ununterbrochen
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 ständig
- ständiger masculine nominative singular
- ständige feminine nominative singular
- ständiges neuter nominative singular
- ständigen genitive masculine singular
- ständigem dative masculine singular
- der ständige definite includes-article masculine
- die ständige definite feminine includes-article
- das ständige definite includes-article neuter
- die ständigen definite includes-article nominative
- des ständigen definite genitive includes-article
- der ständigen definite feminine genitive
- dem ständigen dative definite includes-article
- den ständigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ständig?
- /ˈʃtɛndɪç/
- /ˈʃtɛndɪk/
- [ˈʃtɛndɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ständig
- standing
- permanent
- constant
- constantly
- ongoing
- permanently
- continuously
- continually
- persistent
- incessant
- incessantly
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ständig in German?
ständig appears 69 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).