stark
German, adjective/ʃtark/
stark is spelled S-T-A-R-K (5 letters) and appears 191 times per million words in written German, the 453rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Stark is a German adjective meaning “strong (intense, powerful, unyielding)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit Kraft ausgestattet, von Kraft geprägt, zeugend”.
What does stark mean in English?
adjective
- 1
strong (intense, powerful, unyielding)
- 2
strong (having a high concentration of some ingredient, e.g. alcohol)
starker Tobak
- 3
good, great, skilled
- 4
colloquialbrilliant, awesome
- 5
colloquialdatedincredible, unbelievable
ein starkes Stück
- 6
datedoverweight, fat
- 7
strong (inflecting according to a pattern distinct from another called "weak")
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. mit Kraft ausgestattet, von Kraft geprägt, zeugend 2. hohe Leistung erbringend; sehr leistungsfähig 3. äußeren Einflüssen, Belastungen standhaltend (aufgrund von Größe, Dicke oder Ähnlichem) 4. sehr, in hohem Maße; intensiv
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 stark
- starker masculine nominative singular
- stärker comparative
- am stärksten superlative
- starke feminine nominative singular
- starkes neuter nominative singular
- starken genitive masculine singular
- starkem dative masculine singular
- der starke definite includes-article masculine
- die starke definite feminine includes-article
- das starke definite includes-article neuter
- die starken definite includes-article nominative
- des starken definite genitive includes-article
- der starken definite feminine genitive
- dem starken dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce stark?
- /ʃtark/
- [ʃtaʁk]
- [ʃtaɐ̯k]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to stark
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is stark in German?
stark appears 191 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).