Giftstachel
German, noun/ˈɡɪftˌʃtaxl̩/
Giftstachel is spelled G-I-F-T-S-T-A-C-H-E-L (11 letters) and appears about once in every 33 million words in written German, the 339,062nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Giftstachel is a German masculine noun meaning “sting” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “bei bestimmten Tieren zu einem Stachel ausgebildetes Organ, mit dem diese zustechen und ein giftiges Sekret…”.
What does Giftstachel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesting
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. bei bestimmten Tieren zu einem Stachel ausgebildetes Organ, mit dem diese zustechen und ein giftiges Sekret verabreichen können
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 Giftstachel
- Giftstachels genitive
- Giftstacheln plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Giftstachel?
- /ˈɡɪftˌʃtaxl̩/
- [ˈɡɪftˌʃtaxl̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Giftstachel in German?
Giftstachel appears about once in every 33 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).