feststecken

[ˈfɛstˌʃtɛkn̩]

/[ˈfɛstˌʃtɛkn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“feststecken” is uncommon German (frequency #94,256 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#94,256
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - an der Fortbewegung gehindert sein, nicht weiterkommen

Corpus desk

Index DE-feststecken · feststecken · German

feststecken · rank #94,256 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #94,256
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH Festkörper

Nearest frequency peer: Festkörper (-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 „feststecken“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for feststecken
PropertyValue
Headwordfeststecken
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈfɛstˌʃtɛkn̩]
Letters11
Frequency rank#94,256
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „feststecken“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.feststeckenfällt 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: „Festkörper“ (#94,255), „Fettleber“ (#94,257), „Fernsehproduktionen“ (#94,254). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „feststecken“ bei #94,256. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

feststecken is uncommon German at frequency #94,256 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈfɛstˌʃtɛkn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for feststecken in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is feststecken, spelled F-E-S-T-S-T-E-C-K-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    an der Fortbewegung gehindert sein, nicht weiterkommen
  2. 2
    etwas durch einfaches Hineindrücken befestigen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how feststecken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Hilfe! Ich stecke hier fest!
  2. Wir kommen leider etwas später, weil wir noch im Stau feststecken.

Synonyms

festsitzen

This word in other languages

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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 "feststecken"?
"feststecken" is spelled F-E-S-T-S-T-E-C-K-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfɛstˌʃtɛkn̩].
What does "feststecken" mean?
As a verb, "feststecken" means: an der Fortbewegung gehindert sein, nicht weiterkommen
How do you pronounce "feststecken"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "feststecken" is [ˈfɛstˌʃtɛkn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "feststecken" come from?
"feststecken" 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 "feststecken", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Feuermelder#94,258Fichtenholz#94,259exponierter#94,235experiences#94,233

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list