stehen bleiben
[ˈʃteːən ˌblaɪ̯bn̩]
The verdict
“stehen bleiben” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zum Stillstand kommen
Corpus desk
Index DE-stehen-bleiben · stehen bleiben · German
stehen bleiben · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | stehen bleiben |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˈʃteːən ˌblaɪ̯bn̩] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „stehen bleiben“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
stehen bleiben is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ˈʃteːən ˌblaɪ̯bn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
stehen bleiben doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is stehen bleiben, spelled S-T-E-H-E-N- -B-L-E-I-B-E-N.
Definition
- 1zum Stillstand kommen
- 2im Stillstand verharren
- 3im ursprünglichen Zustand erhalten bleiben
- 4(in einer vertikalen Position) zurückgelassen werden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how stehen bleiben appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Heda! Bleiben Sie gefälligst stehen!
Die Uhr ist um kurz nach drei stehengeblieben.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.