Stadtmensch
[ˈʃtatˌmɛnʃ]
The verdict
“Stadtmensch” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemand, der durch das Stadtleben geprägt ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-stadtmensch · Stadtmensch · German
Stadtmensch · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | Stadtmensch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃtatˌmɛnʃ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Stadtmensch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Stadtmensch is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃtatˌmɛnʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Stadtmensch, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Stadtmensch, spelled S-T-A-D-T-M-E-N-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1jemand, der durch das Stadtleben geprägt ist
- 2jemand, der in der Stadt wohnt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Stadtmensch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Später noch blieb er öfter da für ein paar Tage, um sich vom Ärger, der ihn ja weiß Gott oft niederdrückte, zu erholen . Als »unverbesserlicher Stadtmensch, Urbanist« liebte er diese münsterländische Agraridylle nicht dermaßen wie seine Tante, die das Gut, die Gegend, die, so weit man übers flache Land blickt, zum Hof gehört, als ihr »wahres Zuhause, mei…
„Der eine war ein dicker Mann in Offiziersuniform, der andre langbeinig und wie ein Stadtmensch angezogen.“
Synonyms
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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.