Stich
German, noun
Stich is spelled S-T-I-C-H (5 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written German, the 6,647th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Stich is a German masculine noun meaning “sting, prick, stitch, stab” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, stich is a different word: “singular imperative of stechen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “das Eindringen eines spitzen Gegenstandes in einen Körper”.
What does Stich mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesting, prick, stitch, stab
- 2
masculinetrick
- 3
masculineengraving
- 4
masculinetinge, slight tint or discoloration (of a color)
- 5
Switzerlandmasculineshooting competition
verb
- 1
singular imperative of stechen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. das Eindringen eines spitzen Gegenstandes in einen Körper 2. eine Verletzung durch einen Insektenstich 3. ein Druckverfahren in Kunst, Buchdruck und dergleichen 4. den Rundengewinn im Kartenspiel
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 Stich
- Stiches genitive
- Stichs genitive
- Stiche plural
- Stichen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Stich
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Stich in German?
Stich appears 11 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).