stalken
[ˈstɔːkn̩]
The verdict
“stalken” is uncommon German (frequency #67,733 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,733
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - jemanden aus verschmähter Liebe, aus Rachegelüsten oder aus anderen Motiven beständig verfolgen, ihm auflauern und ihn zum Beispiel durch Geschenke, Anrufe, SMS, E-Mails, Briefe oder Nachrichten in...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | stalken |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈstɔːkn̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #67,733 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “stalken” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
stalken is uncommon German at frequency #67,733 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈstɔːkn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemanden aus verschmähter Liebe, aus Rachegelüsten oder aus anderen Motiven beständig verfolgen, ihm auflauern und ihn zum Beispiel durch Geschenke, Anrufe, SMS, E-Mails, Briefe oder Nachrichten in...".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for stalken, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 stalken, spelled S-T-A-L-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1jemanden aus verschmähter Liebe, aus Rachegelüsten oder aus anderen Motiven beständig verfolgen, ihm auflauern und ihn zum Beispiel durch Geschenke, Anrufe, SMS, E-Mails, Briefe oder Nachrichten in sozialen Netzwerken belästigen
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “stalken”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-T-A-L-K-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈstɔːkn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.