st.
German, preposition
st. is a German preposition meaning “abbreviation of statt” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, St. is a different word: “abbreviation of Sankt”.
What does st. mean in English?
preposition
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abbreviation of statt
adjective
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abbreviation of stark
adjective
- 1
abbreviation of Sankt
suffix
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Verb suffix for the second-person singular.
suffix
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Forms superlatives of adjectives and adverbs, sometimes triggering umlaut.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
abbreviation: 1. Sankt, Sanct 2. Stamm 3. Stück 4. Stunde
abbreviation: 1. Sachsen-Anhalt 2. Schiffstechnik 3. Schnelltransporter 4. Staatsschutz
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
English words that translate to st.
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is st. in German?
st. appears 132 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).