Sternanis
German, noun[ˈʃtɛrn.ʔä.ˌniːs]
Sternanis is spelled S-T-E-R-N-A-N-I-S (9 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 161,302nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sternanis is a German masculine noun meaning “star anise” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Pflanze aus der Familie der Sternanisgewächse”.
What does Sternanis mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinestar anise
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pflanze aus der Familie der Sternanisgewächse
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 Sternanis
- Sternanise nominative plural
- Sternanises genitive singular
- Sternanisen dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Sternanis?
- [ˈʃtɛrn.ʔä.ˌniːs]
- [ˈʃtɛrn.ˌʔä.niːs]
- [ˈʃtɛrn.ˌʔäː.nɪs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Sternanis in German?
Sternanis appears about once in every 9 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).