im Stande
[ˌɪmˈʃtandə]
The verdict
“im Stande” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Fähigkeit, etwas zu meistern, habend
Corpus desk
Index DE-im-stande · im Stande · German
im Stande · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" 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 | im Stande |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [ˌɪmˈʃtandə] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „im Stande“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
im Stande is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed [ˌɪmˈʃtandə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die Fähigkeit, etwas zu meistern, habend".
Zero misspellings are on record for im Stande in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 im Stande, spelled I-M- -S-T-A-N-D-E.
Definition
- 1die Fähigkeit, etwas zu meistern, habend
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how im Stande appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Unsre arme Denkerin war gewiss nicht im Stande, jeden Reiz, das Samenkorn jeglicher Empfindung, in seinen ersten Bestandteilen zu fassen.“
Synonyms
Antonyms
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.