zustehen
German, verb[ˈt͡suːˌʃteːən]
zustehen is spelled Z-U-S-T-E-H-E-N (8 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written German, the 29,531st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zustehen is a German verb meaning “to be entitled” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “rechtmäßig gehören, rechtmäßig gegeben werden müssen”.
What does zustehen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to be entitled
- 2
obsoleteto occur
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. rechtmäßig gehören, rechtmäßig gegeben werden müssen 2. etwas, was immateriell ist (beispielsweise Anerkennung, Fairness, eine Pause), gebührt jemandem
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 zustehen
- steht zu present singular third-person
- stand zu past
- zugestanden participle past
- stände zu past subjunctive
- stünde zu past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- sein auxiliary
- haben or sein auxiliary
- zustehend participle present
- zuzustehen infinitive infinitive-zu
- stehe zu first-person indicative present
- stehen zu first-person indicative plural
- stehst zu indicative present second-person
- stehest zu second-person singular subjunctive
- stehet zu plural second-person subjunctive
- standen zu first-person indicative plural
- ständen zu first-person plural subjunctive
- stünden zu first-person plural subjunctive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zustehen?
- [ˈt͡suːˌʃteːən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is zustehen in German?
zustehen appears 1.5 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).