stillstehen
[ˈʃtɪlˌʃteːən]
The verdict
“stillstehen” is an uncommon German word, ranked #66,732 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #66,732
- frequency rank, German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - beim Stehen aufhören, sich zu bewegen; (fast) regungslos dastehen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | stillstehen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʃtɪlˌʃteːən] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #66,732 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “stillstehen” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for stillstehen is 11 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃtɪlˌʃteːən]. Corpus data places it at rank #66,732 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Zero misspellings are on record for stillstehen in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is stillstehen, spelled S-T-I-L-L-S-T-E-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1beim Stehen aufhören, sich zu bewegen; (fast) regungslos dastehen
- 2aufhören, sich zu bewegen oder (von Maschinen) zu arbeiten
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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Using “stillstehen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-T-I-L-L-S-T-E-H-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʃtɪlˌʃteːən] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.