Stehgreif
German
editEtymology
editThe word is interpreted by many speakers as a compound of stehen (“to stand”) + greifen (“to grab”), that is “something one grabs [from one’s ideas] wherever one is standing”. This popular etymology is seen not only in the misspelling, but in the predominant pronunciation [ˈʃteːˌgʁaɪ̯f].
Noun
editStehgreif
- Misspelling of Stegreif (“improvisation”).