Popanz
[ˈpoːpant͡s]
The verdict
“Popanz” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine nicht ganz ernst zu nehmende Schreckgestalt, mithin eine spaßige Figur oder Strohpuppe oder Vogelscheuche
Corpus desk
Index DE-popanz · Popanz · German
Popanz · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Popanz |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpoːpant͡s] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Popanz“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Popanz is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpoːpant͡s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Popanz, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Popanz, spelled P-O-P-A-N-Z.
Definition
- 1eine nicht ganz ernst zu nehmende Schreckgestalt, mithin eine spaßige Figur oder Strohpuppe oder Vogelscheuche
- 2ein willenloses Geschöpf, eine unselbstständige Person
- 3eine Person, die sich vor anderen fürchtet
- 4Wichtigtuer
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Popanz appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ich bin zum Beispiel durchaus kein Popanz, kein Moral-Ungeheuer, – ich bin sogar eine Gegensatz-Natur zu der Art Mensch, die man bisher als tugendhaft verehrt hat.“ (Nietzsche, Ecce Homo, Vorwort)
„Die Knaben machten nämlich aus Stroh eine menschliche Figur, behingen sie mit Lumpen, steckten diesen Popanz an eine Stange und trieben ihn so mit großem Geschrei und unter Absingung eines besonderen Reims durch die Stadt […].“
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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.