stauen
[ˈʃtaʊ̯ən]
The verdict
“stauen” is uncommon German (frequency #68,707 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,707
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Bewegung von etwas (einer Flüssigkeit) unterbinden
Corpus desk
Index DE-stauen · stauen · German
stauen · rank #68,707 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,707
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Statist
Nearest frequency peer: Statist (-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 „stauen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Stadtmarket…
Stadtmarketing
31,296 corpus weight
- Statist
Statist
31,295 corpus weight
- stauen
stauen
31,294 corpus weight
- stehendem
stehendem
31,293 corpus weight
- Steinhauer
Steinhauer
31,292 corpus weight
- Sternstunden
Sternstunden
31,291 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „stauen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | stauen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʃtaʊ̯ən] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #68,707 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „stauen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
stauen is uncommon German at frequency #68,707 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʃtaʊ̯ən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for stauen, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is stauen, spelled S-T-A-U-E-N.
Definition
- 1die Bewegung von etwas (einer Flüssigkeit) unterbinden
- 2den (Verkehrs-)Fluss zum Erliegen bringen
- 3Ladungsgüter in ein Behältnis packen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how stauen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mönche haben vielerorts Bäche gestaut, um Fischteiche anzulegen.
Durch einen Unfall staute sich der Verkehr auf der Autobahn über mehrere Kilometer.
This word in other languages
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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