Stegreif
[ˈʃteːkˌʁaɪ̯f]
The verdict
“Stegreif” is uncommon German (frequency #74,037 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,037
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Steigbügel
Corpus desk
Index DE-stegreif · Stegreif · German
Stegreif · rank #74,037 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,037
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH stammender
Nearest frequency peer: stammender (-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 „Stegreif“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Stadtführun…
Stadtführungen
25,968 corpus weight
- Stadtmuseums
Stadtmuseums
25,967 corpus weight
- stammender
stammender
25,965 corpus weight
- Stegreif
Stegreif
25,964 corpus weight
- Steuerfreih…
Steuerfreiheit
25,963 corpus weight
- Stickern
Stickern
25,962 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Stegreif“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Stegreif |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃteːkˌʁaɪ̯f] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #74,037 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Stegreif“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Stegreif is uncommon German at frequency #74,037 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃteːkˌʁaɪ̯f]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Stegreif in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Stegreif, spelled S-T-E-G-R-E-I-F.
Definition
- 1Steigbügel
- 2ohne Vorbereitung, improvisiert
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Stegreif appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nach dem Duell entledigten die seinigen den Getroffenen aus seinem Stegreif und schickten dem Überlebenden seinen Handschuh mit großem Lob wieder. (Simplicissimus, 3. Buch, 9. Kapitel)
Seine Stärke bestand darin, dass er aus dem Stegreif fantastische Geschichten erzählen konnte.
Antonyms
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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