staffieren
German, verb/ʃtaˈfiːʁən/
staffieren is spelled S-T-A-F-F-I-E-R-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 91 million words in written German, the 602,508th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Staffieren is a German verb meaning “to outfit, equip” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit Schmuck ausstatten, mit Ziergegenständen verschönern”.
What does staffieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
rareto outfit, equip
- 2
to decorate
- 3
to sew two different fabrics together
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. mit Schmuck ausstatten, mit Ziergegenständen verschönern 2. Stoff auf einen anderen Stoff anbringen (zum Beispiel das Futter innerhalb eines Mantels)
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 staffieren
- staffiert present singular third-person
- staffierte past
- haben auxiliary
- staffierend participle present
- staffiere first-person indicative present
- staffierst indicative present second-person
- staffierest second-person singular subjunctive
- staffieret plural second-person subjunctive
- staffierten first-person indicative plural
- staffiertest indicative preterite second-person
- staffiertet indicative plural preterite
- staffier imperative second-person singular
- habe staffiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben staffiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- staffier! imperative singular
- staffiere! imperative singular
- staffiert! imperative plural
- staffiert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce staffieren?
- /ʃtaˈfiːʁən/
- [ʃtaˈfiːʁən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is staffieren in German?
staffieren appears about once in every 91 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).