stehen zu
[ˌʃteːən ˈt͡suː]
The verdict
“stehen zu” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Hauptsatzkonjugation des Verbs zustehen
Corpus desk
Index DE-stehen-zu · stehen zu · German
stehen zu · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | stehen zu |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˌʃteːən ˈt͡suː] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „stehen zu“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
stehen zu is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˌʃteːən ˈt͡suː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
stehen zu doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is stehen zu, spelled S-T-E-H-E-N- -Z-U.
Definition
- 11. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Hauptsatzkonjugation des Verbs zustehen
- 21. Person Plural Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv der Hauptsatzkonjugation des Verbs zustehen
- 33. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Hauptsatzkonjugation des Verbs zustehen
- 43. Person Plural Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv der Hauptsatzkonjugation des Verbs zustehen
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.