sterbend
[ˈʃtɛʁbn̩t]
The verdict
“sterbend” is uncommon German (frequency #77,371 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,371
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partizip Präsens des Verbs sterben
Corpus desk
Index DE-sterbend · sterbend · German
sterbend · rank #77,371 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,371
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Stellvertrete…
Nearest frequency peer: Stellvertretern (-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 „sterbend“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Statthalters
Statthalters
22,634 corpus weight
- Steher
Steher
22,633 corpus weight
- Steilküste
Steilküste
22,632 corpus weight
- Stellvertre…
Stellvertretern
22,631 corpus weight
- sterbend
sterbend
22,630 corpus weight
- Steuerverwa…
Steuerverwaltung
22,628 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „sterbend“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sterbend |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʃtɛʁbn̩t] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #77,371 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „sterbend“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
sterbend is uncommon German at frequency #77,371 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʃtɛʁbn̩t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partizip Präsens des Verbs sterben".
sterbend doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is sterbend, spelled S-T-E-R-B-E-N-D.
Definition
- 1Partizip Präsens des Verbs sterben
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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