"Steifheit" meaning in German

See Steifheit in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈʃtaɪ̯fhaɪ̯t/ Audio: De-Steifheit.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Etymology: From steif + -heit. Etymology templates: {{ety|de|:af|steif|-heit}}, {{af|de|steif|-heit}} steif + -heit Head templates: {{de-noun|f}} Steifheit f (genitive Steifheit, plural Steifheiten) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Steifheit [genitive], Steifheiten [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Steifheit [nominative, singular], Steifheiten [definite, nominative, plural], Steifheit [genitive, singular], Steifheiten [definite, genitive, plural], Steifheit [dative, singular], Steifheiten [dative, definite, plural], Steifheit [accusative, singular], Steifheiten [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. stiffness, rigidity Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Steifheit-de-noun-BSOuq1mE
  2. primness Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Steifheit-de-noun-E8yAnf1R Categories (other): German entries with etymon, German entries with incorrect language header, German terms suffixed with -heit, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of German entries with etymon: 7 93 Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 8 92 Disambiguation of German terms suffixed with -heit: 37 63 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 7 93 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 97 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 97 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Muskelsteifheit

Inflected forms

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    },
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    },
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "Steifheit",
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        "singular"
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    {
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      "source": "declension",
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    },
    {
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    },
    {
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    },
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          "primness",
          "primness"
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      ]
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  ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈʃtaɪ̯fhaɪ̯t/"
    },
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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