Staffelstab
German, noun/ˈʃtafl̩ʃtaːp/
Staffelstab is spelled S-T-A-F-F-E-L-S-T-A-B (11 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 123,622nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Staffelstab is a German masculine noun meaning “relay race baton” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does Staffelstab mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerelay race baton
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of Staffelstab
- Staffelstabes genitive
- Staffelstabs genitive
- Staffelstäbe plural
- Staffelstabe dative singular
- Staffelstäben dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Staffelstab?
- /ˈʃtafl̩ʃtaːp/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Staffelstab in German?
Staffelstab appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).