randständig
German, adjective/ˈʁantˌʃtɛndɪç/
randständig is spelled R-A-N-D-S-T-Ä-N-D-I-G (11 letters) and appears about once in every 27 million words in written German, the 301,457th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Randständig is a German adjective meaning “marginal, peripheral” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “außerhalb des Zentrums befindlich”.
What does randständig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
marginal, peripheral
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. außerhalb des Zentrums befindlich 2. mit einem Stiel, an dem die Samenanlage am Fruchtblatt angewachsen ist, der sich am Fruchtblattrand befindet 3. zu einer Gruppe gehörig, die an der Außenkante der Gesellschaft steht (Randgruppe)
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 randständig
- randständiger masculine nominative singular
- randständige feminine nominative singular
- randständiges neuter nominative singular
- randständigen genitive masculine singular
- randständigem dative masculine singular
- der randständige definite includes-article masculine
- die randständige definite feminine includes-article
- das randständige definite includes-article neuter
- die randständigen definite includes-article nominative
- des randständigen definite genitive includes-article
- der randständigen definite feminine genitive
- dem randständigen dative definite includes-article
- den randständigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce randständig?
- /ˈʁantˌʃtɛndɪç/
- /ˈʁantˌʃtɛndɪk/
- [ˈʁantˌʃtɛndɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is randständig in German?
randständig appears about once in every 27 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).