iste
[…]
The verdict
“iste” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a pronoun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - dieser, diese, dieses, diesem oder diesen (je nachdem, welches Geschlecht das deutsche Nomen hat bzw. in welchem Fall es steht, das auf iste folgt)
Corpus desk
Index DE-iste · iste · German
iste · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | iste |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Pronoun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „iste“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
iste is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as apronoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "dieser, diese, dieses, diesem oder diesen (je nachdem, welches Geschlecht das deutsche Nomen hat bzw. in welchem Fall es steht, das auf iste folgt)".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for iste, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is iste, spelled I-S-T-E.
Definition
- 1dieser, diese, dieses, diesem oder diesen (je nachdem, welches Geschlecht das deutsche Nomen hat bzw. in welchem Fall es steht, das auf iste folgt)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how iste appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Iste flor es rubie.
Iste arbore ha verde folios.
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.