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Sterz

German, noun/ʃtɛʁts/

Sterz is spelled S-T-E-R-Z (5 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written German, the 165,772nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sterz is a German masculine noun meaning “handle (of a plow)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “einfache Speise aus einem Teig (aus Mehl, Grieß oder auch anderen Zutaten), der gebraten oder gekocht und vor…”.

What does Sterz mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineobsoletetail (of an animal)

  2. 2

    masculinehandle (of a plow)

noun

  1. 1

    AustriamasculineA type of sweet polenta.

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. einfache Speise aus einem Teig (aus Mehl, Grieß oder auch anderen Zutaten), der gebraten oder gekocht und vor dem Servieren in kleine Bröckchen zerteilt wird

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 Sterz

  • Sterzes genitive
  • Sterze plural
  • Sterzen dative definite plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Sterz?

  • /ʃtɛʁts/
  • [ʃtɛɐ̯ts]
  • [ʃtɛʁt͡s]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to Sterz

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Sterz in German?

Sterz appears about once in every 10 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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