Stake
German, noun
Stake is spelled S-T-A-K-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 116,815th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Stake is a German feminine noun meaning “stake, long usually wooden pole” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, stäke is a different word: “first/third-person singular subjunctive II of stecken”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “lange Stange zum Bewegen/Steuern von Booten durch Abstoßen von Flussboden”.
What does Stake mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininestake, long usually wooden pole
- 2
femininequant pole, barge pole
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular subjunctive II of stecken
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. lange Stange zum Bewegen/Steuern von Booten durch Abstoßen von Flussboden 2. Stützstange im Bauwesen
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 Stake
- Staken plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is Stake in German?
Stake appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).