sterisch
German, adjective/ˈsteːʁɪʃ/
sterisch is spelled S-T-E-R-I-S-C-H (8 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written German, the 321,814th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sterisch is a German adjective meaning “steric” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die räumliche Anordnung von Atomen in Molekülen betreffend”.
What does sterisch mean in English?
adjective
- 1
steric
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. die räumliche Anordnung von Atomen in Molekülen betreffend
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of sterisch
- sterischer masculine nominative singular
- sterische feminine nominative singular
- sterisches neuter nominative singular
- sterischen genitive masculine singular
- sterischem dative masculine singular
- der sterische definite includes-article masculine
- die sterische definite feminine includes-article
- das sterische definite includes-article neuter
- die sterischen definite includes-article nominative
- des sterischen definite genitive includes-article
- der sterischen definite feminine genitive
- dem sterischen dative definite includes-article
- den sterischen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sterisch?
- /ˈsteːʁɪʃ/
- [ˈsteːʁɪʃ]
- [ˈʃteːʁɪʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sterisch in German?
sterisch appears about once in every 30 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).