stillstehen
[ˈʃtɪlˌʃteːən]
The verdict
“stillstehen” is uncommon German (frequency #66,732 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,732
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - beim Stehen aufhören, sich zu bewegen; (fast) regungslos dastehen
Corpus desk
Index DE-stillstehen · stillstehen · German
stillstehen · rank #66,732 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,732
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Sticheleien
Nearest frequency peer: Sticheleien (-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 „stillstehen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- sterilisier…
sterilisieren
33,272 corpus weight
- Steuervorte…
Steuervorteile
33,271 corpus weight
- Sticheleien
Sticheleien
33,270 corpus weight
- stillstehen
stillstehen
33,269 corpus weight
- stottert
stottert
33,268 corpus weight
- straffer
straffer
33,267 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „stillstehen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| 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) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „stillstehen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
stillstehen is uncommon German at frequency #66,732 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʃtɪlˌʃteːən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
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
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how stillstehen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nun steh endlich still, damit ich dich kämmen kann!
Sein Herz hatte schon minutenlang stillgestanden, als der Notarzt kam.
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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