feststehend
[ˈfɛstˌʃteːənt]
The verdict
“feststehend” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - vorher genau bestimmt, definiert, nicht (mehr) änderbar
Corpus desk
Index DE-feststehend · feststehend · German
feststehend · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" 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 | feststehend |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈfɛstˌʃteːənt] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „feststehend“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
feststehend is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈfɛstˌʃteːənt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "vorher genau bestimmt, definiert, nicht (mehr) änderbar".
feststehend has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is feststehend, spelled F-E-S-T-S-T-E-H-E-N-D.
Definition
- 1vorher genau bestimmt, definiert, nicht (mehr) änderbar
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how feststehend appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Als 'Dogma' wird eine feststehende Wahrheit genannt. Im besprochenen Gedicht Ackermann von Böhmen bezeichnet Keller die klerikale Elite als Sinnbild des “Todes”. Der Ackermann fordert vom “Tod” einen Dialog, um einen Einfluss auf […]“
„Dies mag zwar erschrecken, muss aber leider für eine feststehende Wahrheit genommen werden.“
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.