stierln
[ˈʃtiːɐ̯ln]
The verdict
“stierln” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - herumstochern und etwas suchen
Corpus desk
Index DE-stierln · stierln · German
stierln · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | stierln |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʃtiːɐ̯ln] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „stierln“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
stierln is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʃtiːɐ̯ln]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "herumstochern und etwas suchen".
stierln doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is stierln, spelled S-T-I-E-R-L-N.
Definition
- 1herumstochern und etwas suchen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how stierln appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Manche stierln im Mist nach etwas Brauchbarem.
Magdalena Klemun hat für „Leben“ eine Geschichte über ein verstörendes Phänomen geschrieben: Es gibt Menschen, die nicht etwa, weil sie arm wären, sondern aus Prinzip in Mülltonnen stierln.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.