Stichstraße
[ˈʃtɪçˌʃtʁaːsə]
The verdict
“Stichstraße” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sackgasse, welche von einer weiterführenden Straße abzweigt, oft mit dem gleichen Straßennamen wie die Straße, von der sie abzweigt.
Corpus desk
Index DE-stichstra-e · Stichstraße · German
Stichstraße · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Stichstraße |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃtɪçˌʃtʁaːsə] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Stichstraße“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Stichstraße is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃtɪçˌʃtʁaːsə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sackgasse, welche von einer weiterführenden Straße abzweigt, oft mit dem gleichen Straßennamen wie die Straße, von der sie abzweigt.".
Stichstraße has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Stichstraße, spelled S-T-I-C-H-S-T-R-A-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1Sackgasse, welche von einer weiterführenden Straße abzweigt, oft mit dem gleichen Straßennamen wie die Straße, von der sie abzweigt.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Stichstraße appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Auto kam aus der Stichstraße.
„Sie lagen ziemlich dicht beieinander, getrennt durch Gärten und Stichstraßen, sie waren in den Siebzigerjahren alle aus den selben Fertighauskatalogen ausgesucht worden.“
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.