Stadttaube
[ˈʃtatˌtaʊ̯bə]
The verdict
“Stadttaube” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in der Stadt lebende Taube
Corpus desk
Index DE-stadttaube · Stadttaube · German
Stadttaube · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Stadttaube |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃtatˌtaʊ̯bə] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Stadttaube“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Stadttaube is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃtatˌtaʊ̯bə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "in der Stadt lebende Taube".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Stadttaube, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Stadttaube, spelled S-T-A-D-T-T-A-U-B-E.
Definition
- 1in der Stadt lebende Taube
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Stadttaube appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Schätzungsweise 20 000 bis 30 000 Stadttauben leben in Stuttgart, von denen jede jährlich etwa zwölf Kilogramm Nasskot produziert.“
Die Stadt- oder Straßentaube stammt von verwilderten Haus- und Brieftauben ab. Diese wurden einst aus der Felsentaube gezüchtet, die an und auf den Klippen des Mittelmeeres lebt, sich aber durch Vermischung mit den Stadttauben fast über die ganze Erde ausbreitete.
Synonyms
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.