sture

[ˈʃtuːʁə]

/[ˈʃtuːʁə]/ adj

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The verdict

“sture” is uncommon German (frequency #66,744 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,744
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs stur

Corpus desk

Index DE-sture · sture · German

sture · rank #66,744 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #66,744
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Stundenkilome…

Nearest frequency peer: Stundenkilometer (-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 „sture“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „sture“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sture
PropertyValue
Headwordsture
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈʃtuːʁə]
Letters5
Frequency rank#66,744
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „sture“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.sturefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Stundenkilometer“ (#66,743), „stämmigen“ (#66,745), „Strähne“ (#66,742). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „sture“ bei #66,744. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sture is uncommon German at frequency #66,744 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʃtuːʁə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

sture has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is sture, spelled S-T-U-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs stur
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs stur
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs stur
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs stur
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs stur
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs stur
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs stur
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs stur
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs stur

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sture"?
"sture" is spelled S-T-U-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃtuːʁə].
What does "sture" mean?
As an adjective, "sture" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs stur
How do you pronounce "sture"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sture" is [ˈʃtuːʁə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sture" come from?
"sture" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sture", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Tatra#66,759Roths#66,636rohem#66,633Rille#66,631

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list