störrisch
[ˈʃtœʁɪʃ]
The verdict
“störrisch” is an uncommon German word, ranked #97,778 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #97,778
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - sich einer Aufgabe, einem Befehl oder einer Zielvorgabe verweigern oder ihr starken Widerstand bieten
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | störrisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʃtœʁɪʃ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #97,778 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “störrisch” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for störrisch is 9 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃtœʁɪʃ]. Corpus data places it at rank #97,778 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "sich einer Aufgabe, einem Befehl oder einer Zielvorgabe verweigern oder ihr starken Widerstand bieten".
Zero misspellings are on record for störrisch in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is störrisch, spelled S-T-Ö-R-R-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1sich einer Aufgabe, einem Befehl oder einer Zielvorgabe verweigern oder ihr starken Widerstand bieten
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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 “störrisch”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-T-Ö-R-R-I-S-C-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʃtœʁɪʃ] (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.