Standvogel
German, noun
Standvogel is spelled S-T-A-N-D-V-O-G-E-L (10 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written German, the 321,814th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Standvogel is a German masculine noun meaning “sedentary bird (bird of a non-migratory population)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an umlaut, Standvögel is a different word: “nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Standvogel”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Vögel, die beim Überwintern an ihrem Brutort verbleiben”.
What does Standvogel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesedentary bird (bird of a non-migratory population)
noun
- 1
nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Standvogel
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vögel, die beim Überwintern an ihrem Brutort verbleiben
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 Standvogel
- Standvogels genitive
- Standvögel plural
- Standvögeln dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is Standvogel in German?
Standvogel appears about once in every 30 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).