Stab
German, noun/ʃtaːp/
Stab is spelled S-T-A-B (4 letters) and appears 7.2 times per million words in written German, the 9,162nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Stab is a German masculine noun meaning “rod, staff, baton” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “länglicher zylindrischer Gegenstand”.
What does Stab mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerod, staff, baton
- 2
masculinestaff (employees)
- 3
masculinepalet
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. länglicher zylindrischer Gegenstand 2. Amtszeichen 3. Gruppe von Helfern eines Vorgesetzten 4. Offiziere, die einem Kommandeur beigegeben sind
noun: 1. verschiedene Maßeinheiten der Länge (zuletzt Synonym des Meters)
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 Stab
- Stabes genitive
- Stabs genitive
- Stäbe plural
- Stäbchen diminutive neuter
- Stabe dative singular
- Stäben dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Stab?
- /ʃtaːp/
- [ʃtaːp]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Stab
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Stab in German?
Stab appears 7.2 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).