auseinanderstieben
[aʊ̯sʔaɪ̯ˈnandɐˌʃtiːbn̩]
The verdict
“auseinanderstieben” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich plötzlich, schnell voneinander wegbewegen
Corpus desk
Index DE-auseinanderstieben · auseinanderstieben · German
auseinanderstieben · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 18 letters
- VOW-9 9 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | auseinanderstieben |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [aʊ̯sʔaɪ̯ˈnandɐˌʃtiːbn̩] |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „auseinanderstieben“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
auseinanderstieben is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [aʊ̯sʔaɪ̯ˈnandɐˌʃtiːbn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sich plötzlich, schnell voneinander wegbewegen".
Zero misspellings are on record for auseinanderstieben in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is auseinanderstieben, spelled A-U-S-E-I-N-A-N-D-E-R-S-T-I-E-B-E-N.
Definition
- 1sich plötzlich, schnell voneinander wegbewegen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how auseinanderstieben appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Sekundenlang standen noch alle um ihn herum und stierten ihn an. Zu unerwartet war das gekommen. Aber dann stoben sie alle auseinander, schreiend, mit den Armen fuchtelnd und einer den andern hindernd, etwas Nützliches zu unternehmen.“
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.