dastehen
[ˈdaːˌʃteːən]
The verdict
“dastehen” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #17,552 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #17,552
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (vor jemandes Augen) an einem nicht näher bestimmten Platz stehen
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dastehen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈdaːˌʃteːən] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #17,552 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dastehen” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for dastehen is 8 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈdaːˌʃteːən]. Corpus data places it at rank #17,552 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for dastehen, with forms such as "adstehen", "dasethen", and "dasstehen". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Dateien", "dasteht", "düsteren", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is dastehen, spelled D-A-S-T-E-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1(vor jemandes Augen) an einem nicht näher bestimmten Platz stehen
- 2sich in einer bestimmten Situation oder Verfassung befinden, als etwas angesehen werden, auf jemanden in einer bestimmten Weise wirken
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: adstehen,dasethen,dasstehen,dasteehn,dastehenn,dastehhen,dastehne,dastheen,dasttehen,datsehen,ddastehen,dsatehen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dastehen - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Using “dastehen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is D-A-S-T-E-H-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈdaːˌʃteːən] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Dateien” - see the side-by-side comparison. dastehen vs Dateien
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.