stets
German, adverb/ʃteːts/
stets is spelled S-T-E-T-S (5 letters) and appears 65 times per million words in written German, the 1,326th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Stets is a German adverb meaning “always; constantly; the whole time (very often)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “zu jeder Zeit, immer”.
What does stets mean in English?
adverb
- 1
always; constantly; the whole time (very often)
- 2
every time (whenever some precondition is given)
- 3
always (at all times without exception)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. zu jeder Zeit, immer 2. bei jedem Anlass, jedes Mal, immer wieder
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce stets?
- /ʃteːts/
- [ʃteːt͡s]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to stets
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is stets in German?
stets appears 65 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).