Stabreim
German, noun/ˈʃtaːpˌʁaɪ̯m/
Stabreim is spelled S-T-A-B-R-E-I-M (8 letters) and appears about once in every 29 million words in written German, the 313,524th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Stabreim is a German masculine noun meaning “stave-rhyme, alliteration” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “literarisches Stilmittel, bei dem die am stärksten betonten Wörter mit demselben Phonem beginnen”.
What does Stabreim mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinestave-rhyme, alliteration
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. literarisches Stilmittel, bei dem die am stärksten betonten Wörter mit demselben Phonem beginnen
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 Stabreim
- Stabreimes genitive
- Stabreims genitive
- Stabreime plural
- Stabreimen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Stabreim?
- /ˈʃtaːpˌʁaɪ̯m/
- [ˈʃtaːpˌʁaɪ̯m]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Stabreim in German?
Stabreim appears about once in every 29 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).