offenstehen
[ˈɔfn̩ˌʃteːən]
The verdict
“offenstehen” is uncommon German (frequency #78,362 among 1,007 “O” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,362
- frequency rank, German
- 1,007
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - unverschlossen sein
Corpus desk
Index DE-offenstehen · offenstehen · German
offenstehen · rank #78,362 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,362
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,007
- PHOTO-FINISH offenbare
Nearest frequency peer: offenbare (-1 rank slots)
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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „offenstehen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Oberlauf
Oberlauf
21,644 corpus weight
- Oberwesel
Oberwesel
21,643 corpus weight
- obliegen
obliegen
21,642 corpus weight
- offenbare
offenbare
21,640 corpus weight
- offenstehen
offenstehen
21,639 corpus weight
- oliva
oliva
21,636 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „offenstehen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | offenstehen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈɔfn̩ˌʃteːən] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #78,362 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „offenstehen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
offenstehen is uncommon German at frequency #78,362 among 1,007 “O” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈɔfn̩ˌʃteːən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
offenstehen has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is offenstehen, spelled O-F-F-E-N-S-T-E-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1unverschlossen sein
- 2möglich/zugänglich sein
- 3unbeglichen sein
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how offenstehen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Dazu zählte, dass neben dem Haupteingang und dem auf die Augustinerbastei führenden und nur für den Hof bestimmten Durchgang 15 Türen, die unmittelbar ins Freie führten, während der Vorstellung offen zu stehen hatten.“
„Im Anfang der Reformation nahm die Stadt die Evangelische Religion an, und ließ über den Clevischen Thor diese Worte in Stein aushauen: Den Frommen stehe ich offen.“
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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