stillhalten

[ˈʃtɪlˌhaltn̩]

/[ˈʃtɪlˌhaltn̩]/ verb

The verdict

“stillhalten” is uncommon German (frequency #59,217 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,217
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - keine Gegenmaßnahmen ergreifen

Corpus desk

Index DE-stillhalten · stillhalten · German

stillhalten · rank #59,217 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #59,217
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH StG

Nearest frequency peer: StG (-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 „stillhalten“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for stillhalten
PropertyValue
Headwordstillhalten
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈʃtɪlˌhaltn̩]
Letters11
Frequency rank#59,217
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „stillhalten“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).stillhaltenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „StG“ (#59,216), „Strafantrag“ (#59,218), „Steuerbetrug“ (#59,215). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „stillhalten“ bei #59,217. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

stillhalten is uncommon German at frequency #59,217 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʃtɪlˌhaltn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

stillhalten has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is stillhalten, spelled S-T-I-L-L-H-A-L-T-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    keine Gegenmaßnahmen ergreifen
  2. 2
    keine Bewegungen machen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Wenn das Parlament jetzt stillhalten würde, wäre diese Argumentation ad absurdum geführt.“
  2. „Zudem konnten sie dabei auch nicht stillhalten, sie kippelten mit dem Stuhl hin und her, redeten mit sich, summten, sangen, liefen herum oder verließen den Raum.“

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); 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 "stillhalten"?
"stillhalten" is spelled S-T-I-L-L-H-A-L-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃtɪlˌhaltn̩].
What does "stillhalten" mean?
As a verb, "stillhalten" means: keine Gegenmaßnahmen ergreifen
How do you pronounce "stillhalten"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "stillhalten" is [ˈʃtɪlˌhaltn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "stillhalten" come from?
"stillhalten" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list