Punze
[ˈpʊnt͡sə]
The verdict
“Punze” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - ein stempelförmiger Stahlstift, mit dem man Zeichnungen in Metall oder Leder einschlägt
Corpus desk
Index DE-punze · Punze · German
Punze · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 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 | Punze |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpʊnt͡sə] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Punze” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Punze is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpʊnt͡sə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Punze in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented 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 Punze, spelled P-U-N-Z-E.
Definition
- 1ein stempelförmiger Stahlstift, mit dem man Zeichnungen in Metall oder Leder einschlägt
- 2die nichtdruckenden Innenflächen eines Buchstabens
- 3weibliches Geschlechtsorgan
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Punze appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Diese Punze zeigt das Zeichen der herstellenden Münze.
Das O hat in der Mitte eine kreisförmige, geschlossene Punze.
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