stichfest
German, adjective/ˈʃtɪçfɛst/
stichfest is spelled S-T-I-C-H-F-E-S-T (9 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 120,168th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Stichfest is a German adjective meaning “stiff, tough” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “fest genug, um mit dem Spaten oder Löffel abgestochen werden zu können”.
What does stichfest mean in English?
adjective
- 1
stiff, tough
- 2
sting-resistant
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. fest genug, um mit dem Spaten oder Löffel abgestochen werden zu können 2. unverwundbar durch oder undurchdringlich für Stiche
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 stichfest
- stichfester masculine nominative singular
- am stichfestesten superlative
- stichfeste feminine nominative singular
- stichfestes neuter nominative singular
- stichfesten genitive masculine singular
- stichfestem dative masculine singular
- der stichfeste definite includes-article masculine
- die stichfeste definite feminine includes-article
- das stichfeste definite includes-article neuter
- die stichfesten definite includes-article nominative
- des stichfesten definite genitive includes-article
- der stichfesten definite feminine genitive
- dem stichfesten dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce stichfest?
- /ˈʃtɪçfɛst/
- [ˈʃtɪçfɛst]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is stichfest in German?
stichfest appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).