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Stillstand

German, noun[ˈʃtɪlʃtant]

Stillstand is spelled S-T-I-L-L-S-T-A-N-D (10 letters) and appears 5.9 times per million words in written German, the 10,826th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Stillstand is a German masculine noun meaning “standstill” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Ende einer Bewegung, eines Prozesses/Vorgangs”.

What does Stillstand mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinestandstill

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Ende einer Bewegung, eines Prozesses/Vorgangs

The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.

Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of Stillstand

  • Stillstandes genitive
  • Stillstands genitive
  • Stillstände plural
  • Stillstande dative singular
  • Stillständen dative definite plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Stillstand?

  • [ˈʃtɪlʃtant]
  • [ˈʃtɪlˌʃtant]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to Stillstand

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Stillstand in German?

Stillstand appears 5.9 times per million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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