Stauung
[ˈʃtaʊ̯ʊŋ]
The verdict
“Stauung” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das Unterbinden, Behindern, Hemmen der Bewegung, des Flusses von etwas (einer Flüssigkeit)
Corpus desk
Index DE-stauung · Stauung · German
Stauung · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Stauung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃtaʊ̯ʊŋ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Stauung“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Stauung is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃtaʊ̯ʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Stauung, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. 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.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Stauung, spelled S-T-A-U-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1das Unterbinden, Behindern, Hemmen der Bewegung, des Flusses von etwas (einer Flüssigkeit)
- 2Zustand von [1]
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Stauung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Stauung des Wassers beeinträchtigte zudem die Wasserqualität der Stadt Basel, weil das langsamer fliessende Wasser ins Grundwasser drang.“
„Zusätzlich zu den blutspeichernden Arterien in der Nähe des Gehirns besitzt die Giraffe mehrere venöse Klappen, um eine Stauung des Blutes zu verhindern sowie einen streng einseitig gerichteten Blutfluss zu bewirken[.]“
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.