sterilen

[ˌʃteˈʁiːlən]

/[ˌʃteˈʁiːlən]/ adj

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The verdict

“sterilen” is uncommon German (frequency #60,105 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,105
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs steril

Corpus desk

Index DE-sterilen · sterilen · German

sterilen · rank #60,105 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,105
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Steuerflucht

Nearest frequency peer: Steuerflucht (+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 „sterilen“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „sterilen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sterilen
PropertyValue
Headwordsterilen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˌʃteˈʁiːlən]
Letters8
Frequency rank#60,105
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „sterilen“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).sterilenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Steuerflucht“ (#60,106), „Steifigkeit“ (#60,103), „steuerfreie“ (#60,107). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „sterilen“ bei #60,105. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sterilen is uncommon German at frequency #60,105 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˌʃteˈʁiːlən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 12 senses are on record.

sterilen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is sterilen, spelled S-T-E-R-I-L-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs steril
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs steril
  3. 3
    Genitiv Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs steril
  4. 4
    Dativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs steril
  5. 5
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs steril
  6. 6
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs steril
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs steril
  8. 8
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs steril
  9. 9
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs steril
  10. 10
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs steril
  11. 11
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs steril
  12. 12
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs steril

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sterilen"?
"sterilen" is spelled S-T-E-R-I-L-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌʃteˈʁiːlən].
What does "sterilen" mean?
As an adjective, "sterilen" means: Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs steril
How do you pronounce "sterilen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sterilen" is [ˌʃteˈʁiːlən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sterilen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list