Diebstählen

[ˈdiːpʃtɛːlən]

/[ˈdiːpʃtɛːlən]/ noun

The verdict

“Diebstählen” is uncommon German (frequency #68,131 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#68,131
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dativ Plural des Substantivs Diebstahl

Corpus desk

Index DE-diebstahlen · Diebstählen · German

Diebstählen · rank #68,131 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #68,131
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH Diashow

Nearest frequency peer: Diashow (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Diebstählen“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Diebstählen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Diebstählen
PropertyValue
HeadwordDiebstählen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈdiːpʃtɛːlən]
Letters11
Frequency rank#68,131
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Diebstählen“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Diebstählenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Diashow“ (#68,130), „deutlichere“ (#68,129), „Diktion“ (#68,133). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „Diebstählen“ bei #68,131. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Diebstählen is uncommon German at frequency #68,131 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈdiːpʃtɛːlən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dativ Plural des Substantivs Diebstahl".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Diebstählen, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 Diebstählen, spelled D-I-E-B-S-T-Ä-H-L-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dativ Plural des Substantivs Diebstahl

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Diebstählen"?
"Diebstählen" is spelled D-I-E-B-S-T-Ä-H-L-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈdiːpʃtɛːlən].
What does "Diebstählen" mean?
As a noun, "Diebstählen" means: Dativ Plural des Substantivs Diebstahl
How do you pronounce "Diebstählen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Diebstählen" is [ˈdiːpʃtɛːlən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Diebstählen" come from?
"Diebstählen" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Diebstählen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list