leer stünden
[ˈleːɐ̯ˌʃtʏndn̩]
The verdict
“leer stünden” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — 3. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs leer stehen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | leer stünden |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈleːɐ̯ˌʃtʏndn̩] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “leer stünden” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for leer stünden is 12 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈleːɐ̯ˌʃtʏndn̩]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "3. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs leer stehen".
No misspelling variants are generated for leer stünden in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. 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.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is leer stünden, spelled L-E-E-R- -S-T-Ü-N-D-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 13. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs leer stehen
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.
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Using “leer stünden”
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- The one correct German spelling is L-E-E-R- -S-T-Ü-N-D-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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