sustain
[səˈsteɪn]
The verdict
“sustain” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - halten, das Gewicht von etwas tragen
Corpus desk
Index DE-sustain · sustain · German
sustain · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sustain |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [səˈsteɪn] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „sustain“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
sustain is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [səˈsteɪn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for sustain, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 sustain, spelled S-U-S-T-A-I-N.
Definition
- 1halten, das Gewicht von etwas tragen
- 2helfen, unterstützen
- 3erhalten, ernähren
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sustain appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
That old chair won't sustain your weight.
I want to sustain you.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.