Staatsgrenze

[ˈʃtaːt͡sˌɡʁɛnt͡sə]

/[ˈʃtaːt͡sˌɡʁɛnt͡sə]/ noun

The verdict

“Staatsgrenze” is uncommon German (frequency #51,707 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,707
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - territoriale Grenze eines Staats

Corpus desk

Index DE-staatsgrenze · Staatsgrenze · German

Staatsgrenze · rank #51,707 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,707
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Staatsführung

Nearest frequency peer: Staatsführung (-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 „Staatsgrenze“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Staatsgrenze“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Staatsgrenze
PropertyValue
HeadwordStaatsgrenze
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃtaːt͡sˌɡʁɛnt͡sə]
Letters12
Frequency rank#51,707
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Staatsgrenze“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Staatsgrenzefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Staatsführung“ (#51,706), „Stahlhelm“ (#51,708), „Staatsfeind“ (#51,705). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Staatsgrenze“ bei #51,707. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Staatsgrenze is uncommon German at frequency #51,707 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃtaːt͡sˌɡʁɛnt͡sə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "territoriale Grenze eines Staats".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Staatsgrenze in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Staatsgrenze, spelled S-T-A-A-T-S-G-R-E-N-Z-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    territoriale Grenze eines Staats

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Staatsgrenze appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Manche Fundorte waren lediglich 200 Kilometer von der österreichischen Staatsgrenze entfernt.“
  2. „Zuletzt hatte sie in den Jahren 2007 und 2008 die Staatsgrenze an der Kirnitzsch neu vermessen und festgestellt, dass es häufiger und auf beiden Seiten zu kleinen Verschiebungen kommt.“

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Staatsgrenze"?
"Staatsgrenze" is spelled S-T-A-A-T-S-G-R-E-N-Z-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃtaːt͡sˌɡʁɛnt͡sə].
What does "Staatsgrenze" mean?
As a noun, "Staatsgrenze" means: territoriale Grenze eines Staats
How do you pronounce "Staatsgrenze"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Staatsgrenze" is [ˈʃtaːt͡sˌɡʁɛnt͡sə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Staatsgrenze" come from?
"Staatsgrenze" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Staatsgrenze", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list