Stäben
German, noun[ˈʃtaːbn̩]
Stäben is spelled S-T-Ä-B-E-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 58,632nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Stäben is a German masculine noun meaning “dative plural of Stab” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does Stäben mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedative plural of Stab
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. mit einer anderen Silbe alliterieren, so dass ein Stabreim entsteht
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 Stäben
- stabt present
- stabte past
- gestabt participle-2 perfect
- haben auxiliary perfect
- gestabt haben active infinitive perfect
- zu staben active extended infinitive
- gestabt zu haben active extended infinitive
- stabend participle present active
- es stabt third-person singular present
- es stabe third-person singular present
- es stabte third-person singular past
- es hat gestabt third-person singular perfect
- es habe gestabt third-person singular perfect
- es hatte gestabt third-person singular pluperfect
- es hätte gestabt third-person singular pluperfect
- es wird staben third-person singular future-i
- es werde staben third-person singular future-i
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Stäben?
- [ˈʃtaːbn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Stäben in German?
Stäben appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).