Steuergerät
[ˈʃtɔɪ̯ɐɡəˌʁɛːt]
The verdict
“Steuergerät” is uncommon German (frequency #84,617 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,617
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - in Fahrzeugen oder Maschinen verbaute elektronische Vorrichtung, die bestimmte Prozesse regelt
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Steuergerät |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃtɔɪ̯ɐɡəˌʁɛːt] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #84,617 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Steuergerät” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Steuergerät is uncommon German at frequency #84,617 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃtɔɪ̯ɐɡəˌʁɛːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Steuergerät in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Steuergerät, spelled S-T-E-U-E-R-G-E-R-Ä-T.
Definition
- 1in Fahrzeugen oder Maschinen verbaute elektronische Vorrichtung, die bestimmte Prozesse regelt
- 2Kombination von Empfänger und Verstärker für die Wiedergabe von Rundfunkbeiträgen
Synonyms
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 “Steuergerät”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-T-E-U-E-R-G-E-R-Ä-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʃtɔɪ̯ɐɡəˌʁɛːt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.