stet
[ʃteːt]
The verdict
“stet” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - während einer vergleichsweise langen Zeit keinen Schwankungen oder Veränderungen unterworfen
Corpus desk
Index DE-stet · stet · German
stet · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | stet |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ʃteːt] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „stet“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
stet is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ʃteːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for stet, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is stet, spelled S-T-E-T.
Definition
- 1während einer vergleichsweise langen Zeit keinen Schwankungen oder Veränderungen unterworfen
- 2ohne Unterlass, ständig, dauernd
- 3rechtsgültig
- 4standhaft (zum Beispiel in Bezug auf Charakter oder allgemeine Haltung)
- 5langsam, gemächlich
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how stet appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wir sind dem Abt in steter Treue ergeben.
Wir verzeichnen seit Jahren einen steten Zuwachs an Rechtsanträgen.
Synonyms
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.