Staatsunternehmen

[ˈʃtaːt͡sʔʊntɐˌneːmən]

/[ˈʃtaːt͡sʔʊntɐˌneːmən]/ noun

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The verdict

“Staatsunternehmen” is uncommon German (frequency #67,731 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,731
frequency rank, German
107,600
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - staatlich geführtes Unternehmen

Key facts for Staatsunternehmen
PropertyValue
HeadwordStaatsunternehmen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃtaːt͡sʔʊntɐˌneːmən]
Letters17
Frequency rank#67,731
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Staatsunternehmen” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Staatsunternehmen lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Staatsunternehmen is uncommon German at frequency #67,731 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃtaːt͡sʔʊntɐˌneːmən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "staatlich geführtes Unternehmen".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Staatsunternehmen, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Staatsunternehmen, spelled S-T-A-A-T-S-U-N-T-E-R-N-E-H-M-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    staatlich geführtes Unternehmen

Synonyms

Staatsbetrieb

Antonyms

Privatunternehmen

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 "Staatsunternehmen"?
"Staatsunternehmen" is spelled S-T-A-A-T-S-U-N-T-E-R-N-E-H-M-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃtaːt͡sʔʊntɐˌneːmən].
What does "Staatsunternehmen" mean?
As a noun, "Staatsunternehmen" means: staatlich geführtes Unternehmen
How do you pronounce "Staatsunternehmen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Staatsunternehmen" is [ˈʃtaːt͡sʔʊntɐˌneːmən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Staatsunternehmen" come from?
"Staatsunternehmen" 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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Using “Staatsunternehmen”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is S-T-A-A-T-S-U-N-T-E-R-N-E-H-M-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈʃtaːt͡sʔʊntɐˌneːmən] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Other uncommon German words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list