how to pronounce stecken

/ˈʃtɛkən/

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stecken is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of stecken in a speech by a native speaker of standard german:

“… noch in die behörden stecken können wie …”

meanings of stecken

verb:

To be hiding (by location or causally behind something).
To stick; to be stuck.
To inform privily, to intimate.
To stick; to put; to insert; to pin.

noun:

Stick.

stecken frequency in german - B1 level of CEFR

the word stecken occurs in german on average 41 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.