stillsitzen
[ˈʃtɪlˌzɪt͡sn̩]
The verdict
“stillsitzen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - ruhig sitzen; unbeweglich sitzen
Corpus desk
Index DE-stillsitzen · stillsitzen · German
stillsitzen · 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 | stillsitzen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʃtɪlˌzɪt͡sn̩] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „stillsitzen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
stillsitzen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʃtɪlˌzɪt͡sn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
stillsitzen has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is stillsitzen, spelled S-T-I-L-L-S-I-T-Z-E-N.
Definition
- 1ruhig sitzen; unbeweglich sitzen
- 2nichts tun, abwarten
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how stillsitzen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mutter zum Kind: »Du sollst jetzt einfach stillsitzen und deine Hausaufgaben machen!«
»Sitz still und konzentrier dich!«
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.