sture

[ˈʃtuːʁə]

/[ˈʃtuːʁə]/ adj

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The verdict

“sture” is uncommon German (frequency #66,744 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,744
frequency rank, German
107,600
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs stur

Key facts for sture
PropertyValue
Headwordsture
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈʃtuːʁə]
Letters5
Frequency rank#66,744
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “sture” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). sture lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sture is uncommon German at frequency #66,744 among 107,600 “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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Using “sture”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is S-T-U-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈʃtuːʁə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Other uncommon German words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list