stilllegen
[ˈʃtɪlˌleːɡn̩]
The verdict
“stilllegen” is uncommon German (frequency #74,041 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,041
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - den Betrieb von etwas einstellen
Corpus desk
Index DE-stilllegen · stilllegen · German
stilllegen · rank #74,041 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,041
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Stickern
Nearest frequency peer: Stickern (-2 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 „stilllegen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Stegreif
Stegreif
25,964 corpus weight
- Steuerfreih…
Steuerfreiheit
25,963 corpus weight
- Stickern
Stickern
25,962 corpus weight
- stilllegen
stilllegen
25,960 corpus weight
- stoisch
stoisch
25,958 corpus weight
- stoppten
stoppten
25,957 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „stilllegen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | stilllegen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʃtɪlˌleːɡn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #74,041 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „stilllegen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
stilllegen is uncommon German at frequency #74,041 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʃtɪlˌleːɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "den Betrieb von etwas einstellen".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for stilllegen, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is stilllegen, spelled S-T-I-L-L-L-E-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1den Betrieb von etwas einstellen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how stilllegen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Weil die Zweigstelle nur noch rote Zahlen schrieb, wurde sie kurzerhand stillgelegt.
„US Steel kündigte im Juni an, in Granite City, einem alten Stahlstandort im Bundesstaat Illinois, den stillgelegten zweiten Hochofen wieder in Gang zu setzen.“
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.
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