statthaft

[ˈʃtathaft]

/[ˈʃtathaft]/ adj

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The verdict

“statthaft” is uncommon German (frequency #82,174 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#82,174
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - erlaubt, zulässig

Corpus desk

Index DE-statthaft · statthaft · German

statthaft · rank #82,174 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #82,174
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH stamp

Nearest frequency peer: stamp (-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 „statthaft“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „statthaft“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for statthaft
PropertyValue
Headwordstatthaft
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈʃtathaft]
Letters9
Frequency rank#82,174
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „statthaft“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).statthaftfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „stamp“ (#82,173), „Stimmenzahl“ (#82,176), „sprudelte“ (#82,170). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „statthaft“ bei #82,174. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

statthaft is uncommon German at frequency #82,174 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʃtathaft]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "erlaubt, zulässig".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for statthaft, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is statthaft, spelled S-T-A-T-T-H-A-F-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    erlaubt, zulässig

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how statthaft appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Hier zu parken ist statthaft.
  2. „Statthafter scheint die dritte Annahme, daß in den Mauern des Schlosses ein großes politisches Geheimnis sich verborgen habe.“

Synonyms

erlaubtzulässig

Antonyms

unstatthaftverboten

This word in other languages

allowed(English)autorisé(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "statthaft"?
"statthaft" is spelled S-T-A-T-T-H-A-F-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃtathaft].
What does "statthaft" mean?
As an adjective, "statthaft" means: erlaubt, zulässig
How do you pronounce "statthaft"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "statthaft" is [ˈʃtathaft]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "statthaft" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "statthaft", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

sprudelte#82,170Sonnenbad#82,160Sommerhit#82,157Sütterlin#82,196

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list