starr
German, adjective/ʃtar/
starr is spelled S-T-A-R-R (5 letters) and appears 3.8 times per million words in written German, the 15,068th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Starr is a German adjective meaning “rigid” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a singular imperative of starren. The German Wiktionary defines it as “unbewegt (bei etwas, das sich normalerweise bewegt)”.
What does starr mean in English?
adjective
- 1
rigid
Er stand ganz starr da.
verb
- 1
singular imperative of starren
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. unbewegt (bei etwas, das sich normalerweise bewegt) 2. unbeweglich, unveränderlich
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 starr
- starrer masculine nominative singular
- am starrsten superlative
- starre feminine nominative singular
- starres neuter nominative singular
- starren genitive masculine singular
- starrem dative masculine singular
- der starre definite includes-article masculine
- die starre definite feminine includes-article
- das starre definite includes-article neuter
- die starren definite includes-article nominative
- des starren definite genitive includes-article
- der starren definite feminine genitive
- dem starren dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce starr?
- /ʃtar/
- [ʃtaʁ]
- [ʃtaɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to starr
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is starr in German?
starr appears 3.8 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).