Notstand
German, noun/ˈnoːtʃtant/
Notstand is spelled N-O-T-S-T-A-N-D (8 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written German, the 26,348th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Notstand is a German masculine noun meaning “emergency, state of emergency” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Zustand großer Gefahr, großen Mangels, großer Not”.
What does Notstand mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineemergency, state of emergency
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Zustand großer Gefahr, großen Mangels, großer Not 2. (siehe Duden online „Notstand“) 3. (siehe Duden online „Notstand“)
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Notstand
- Notstandes genitive
- Notstands genitive
- Notstände plural
- Notstande dative singular
- Notständen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Notstand?
- /ˈnoːtʃtant/
- [ˈnoːtˌʃtant]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Notstand
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Notstand in German?
Notstand appears 1.8 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).