Standard
German, noun/ˈʃtandart/
Standard is spelled S-T-A-N-D-A-R-D (8 letters) and appears 41 times per million words in written German, the 2,063rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Standard is a German masculine noun meaning “standard” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas Geläufiges, Etabliertes, weithin Verbreitetes”.
What does Standard mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinestandard
- 2
masculineset piece
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. etwas Geläufiges, Etabliertes, weithin Verbreitetes 2. verbindliche Richtlinie, die sicherstellen soll, dass Produkte verschiedener Hersteller miteinander kompatibel beziehungsweise interoperabel sind. – siehe DIN, ISO 3. kurz für Standardsituation
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 Standard
- Standards genitive
- Std. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Standard?
- /ˈʃtandart/
- [ˈʃtan.daʁt]
- [-daɐ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Standard
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Standard in German?
Standard appears 41 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).