starrten
[ˈʃtaʁtn̩]
The verdict
“starrten” is uncommon German (frequency #76,216 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,216
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs starren
Corpus desk
Index DE-starrten · starrten · German
starrten · rank #76,216 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,216
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH standalone
Nearest frequency peer: standalone (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „starrten“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Stampfer
Stampfer
23,788 corpus weight
- stampft
stampft
23,787 corpus weight
- standalone
standalone
23,786 corpus weight
- starrten
starrten
23,785 corpus weight
- stattfinde
stattfinde
23,784 corpus weight
- Stehkragen
Stehkragen
23,782 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „starrten“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | starrten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʃtaʁtn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #76,216 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „starrten“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
starrten is uncommon German at frequency #76,216 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʃtaʁtn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
starrten doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is starrten, spelled S-T-A-R-R-T-E-N.
Definition
- 11. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs starren
- 21. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs starren
- 33. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs starren
- 43. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs starren
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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