Familienstammbuch

[faˈmiːli̯ənˌʃtambuːx]

/[faˈmiːli̯ənˌʃtambuːx]/ noun

The verdict

“Familienstammbuch” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
17
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mappe, in der amtliche (teilweise auch kirchliche) Dokumente zu den wesentlichen Ereignissen einer Familie gesammelt werden

Corpus desk

Index DE-familienstammbuch · Familienstammbuch · German

Familienstammbuch · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 17 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "F" 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.

Key facts for Familienstammbuch
PropertyValue
HeadwordFamilienstammbuch
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[faˈmiːli̯ənˌʃtambuːx]
Letters17
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Familienstammbuch“ im Deutschen

Familienstammbuchschafft es nicht in die Top 100.000 des Deutschen: Zone für Fach-, Alt- oder Seltenwortschatz.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Familienstammbuch is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [faˈmiːli̯ənˌʃtambuːx]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mappe, in der amtliche (teilweise auch kirchliche) Dokumente zu den wesentlichen Ereignissen einer Familie gesammelt werden".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Familienstammbuch, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 Familienstammbuch, spelled F-A-M-I-L-I-E-N-S-T-A-M-M-B-U-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mappe, in der amtliche (teilweise auch kirchliche) Dokumente zu den wesentlichen Ereignissen einer Familie gesammelt werden

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Familienstammbuch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Ein Familienstammbuch haben viele Familien in Deutschland – wenn vielleicht auch nicht unter dieser speziellen Bezeichnung.“
  2. „Der Vollzug der Namensweihe wird genau wie sonst die christliche Taufe in das Familienstammbuch eingetragen.“

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Familienstammbuch"?
"Familienstammbuch" is spelled F-A-M-I-L-I-E-N-S-T-A-M-M-B-U-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [faˈmiːli̯ənˌʃtambuːx].
What does "Familienstammbuch" mean?
As a noun, "Familienstammbuch" means: Mappe, in der amtliche (teilweise auch kirchliche) Dokumente zu den wesentlichen Ereignissen einer Familie gesammelt werden
How do you pronounce "Familienstammbuch"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Familienstammbuch" is [faˈmiːli̯ənˌʃtambuːx]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Familienstammbuch" come from?
"Familienstammbuch" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list