sturzbesoffen
German, adjective/ˌʃtʊʁt͡sbəˈzɔfn̩/
sturzbesoffen is spelled S-T-U-R-Z-B-E-S-O-F-F-E-N (13 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written German, the 244,602nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sturzbesoffen is a German adjective meaning “falling down drunk, shitfaced, rat-arsed (very drunk)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “extrem betrunken”.
What does sturzbesoffen mean in English?
adjective
- 1
falling down drunk, shitfaced, rat-arsed (very drunk)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. extrem betrunken
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of sturzbesoffen
- sturzbesoffener masculine nominative singular
- sturzbesoffene feminine nominative singular
- sturzbesoffenes neuter nominative singular
- sturzbesoffenen genitive masculine singular
- sturzbesoffenem dative masculine singular
- der sturzbesoffene definite includes-article masculine
- die sturzbesoffene definite feminine includes-article
- das sturzbesoffene definite includes-article neuter
- die sturzbesoffenen definite includes-article nominative
- des sturzbesoffenen definite genitive includes-article
- der sturzbesoffenen definite feminine genitive
- dem sturzbesoffenen dative definite includes-article
- den sturzbesoffenen dative definite includes-article
- sturzbesoffner positive nominative strong
- sturzbesoffne positive nominative strong
- sturzbesoffnes positive nominative strong
- sturzbesoffnen positive genitive strong
- sturzbesoffnem positive dative strong
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sturzbesoffen?
- /ˌʃtʊʁt͡sbəˈzɔfn̩/
- [ˌʃtʊʁt͡sbəˈzɔfn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sturzbesoffen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sturzbesoffen in German?
sturzbesoffen appears about once in every 19 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).