sticken

[ˈʃtɪkn̩]

/[ˈʃtɪkn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“sticken” is uncommon German (frequency #65,722 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,722
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit Nadel und Garn ein Stück Stoff mit einem Muster oder einem Bild verzieren

Corpus desk

Index DE-sticken · sticken · German

sticken · rank #65,722 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,722
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Stiefbruder

Nearest frequency peer: Stiefbruder (+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 „sticken“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „sticken“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sticken
PropertyValue
Headwordsticken
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈʃtɪkn̩]
Letters7
Frequency rank#65,722
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „sticken“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.stickenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Stiefbruder“ (#65,723), „Stilrichtung“ (#65,724), „stimmberechtigt“ (#65,725). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „sticken“ bei #65,722. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sticken is uncommon German at frequency #65,722 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʃtɪkn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mit Nadel und Garn ein Stück Stoff mit einem Muster oder einem Bild verzieren".

sticken has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is sticken, spelled S-T-I-C-K-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    mit Nadel und Garn ein Stück Stoff mit einem Muster oder einem Bild verzieren

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how sticken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Meine Großmutter stickt gerne.
  2. Auf das Kissen war der Spruch „Nur ein Viertelstündchen…“ gestickt.

This word in other languages

embroider(English)bordar(Español)broder(Français)bordar(Português)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sticken"?
"sticken" is spelled S-T-I-C-K-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃtɪkn̩].
What does "sticken" mean?
As a verb, "sticken" means: mit Nadel und Garn ein Stück Stoff mit einem Muster oder einem Bild verzieren
How do you pronounce "sticken"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sticken" is [ˈʃtɪkn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sticken" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sticken", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Stefans#65,715stanzen#65,714strande#65,730stripes#65,733

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list