sth
The verdict
“sth” is uncommon German (frequency #93,656 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,656
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - something „etwas“
Corpus desk
Index DE-sth · sth · German
sth · rank #93,656 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,656
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Steuerungstec…
Nearest frequency peer: Steuerungstechnik (-1 rank slots)
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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „sth“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- stellar
stellar
6,349 corpus weight
- Steuerungst…
Steuerungstechnik
6,346 corpus weight
- sth
sth
6,345 corpus weight
- stilistisch…
stilistischer
6,344 corpus weight
- stilvollen
stilvollen
6,343 corpus weight
- Stimuli
Stimuli
6,341 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „sth“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sth |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #93,656 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „sth“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
sth is uncommon German at frequency #93,656 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anabbreviation. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "something „etwas“".
No generated misspelling entries exist for sth in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is sth, spelled S-T-H.
Definition
- 1something „etwas“
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sth appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
to lead from sth
to discuss sth
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); 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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).