Sternstunde
[ˈʃtɛʁnˌʃtʊndə]
The verdict
“Sternstunde” is uncommon German (frequency #54,918 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,918
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Zeit, in der etwas ganz Besonderes/Erwünschtes erreicht wurde
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sternstunde |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃtɛʁnˌʃtʊndə] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #54,918 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Sternstunde” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Sternstunde is uncommon German at frequency #54,918 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃtɛʁnˌʃtʊndə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Zeit, in der etwas ganz Besonderes/Erwünschtes erreicht wurde".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Sternstunde, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Sternstunde, spelled S-T-E-R-N-S-T-U-N-D-E.
Definition
- 1Zeit, in der etwas ganz Besonderes/Erwünschtes erreicht wurde
This word in other languages
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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Using “Sternstunde”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-T-E-R-N-S-T-U-N-D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʃtɛʁnˌʃtʊndə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.