Stammbuch
[ˈʃtamˌbuːx]
The verdict
“Stammbuch” is uncommon German (frequency #62,879 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,879
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mappe, in der amtliche (teilweise auch kirchliche) Dokumente zu den wesentliche Ereignissen einer Familie gesammelt werden
Corpus desk
Index DE-stammbuch · Stammbuch · German
Stammbuch · rank #62,879 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,879
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH stachen
Nearest frequency peer: stachen (-1 rank slots)
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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Stammbuch“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Spielplätzen
Spielplätzen
37,126 corpus weight
- Staatsrelig…
Staatsreligion
37,124 corpus weight
- stachen
stachen
37,123 corpus weight
- Stammbuch
Stammbuch
37,122 corpus weight
- Stifters
Stifters
37,119 corpus weight
- stigmatisie…
stigmatisiert
37,118 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Stammbuch“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Stammbuch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃtamˌbuːx] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #62,879 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Stammbuch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Stammbuch is uncommon German at frequency #62,879 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃtamˌbuːx]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Stammbuch, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Stammbuch, spelled S-T-A-M-M-B-U-C-H.
Definition
- 1Mappe, in der amtliche (teilweise auch kirchliche) Dokumente zu den wesentliche Ereignissen einer Familie gesammelt werden
- 2Büchlein (vor allem eines Kindes, einer Jugendlichen), in dem sich auf ihre Bitte hin Bekannte, Freunde und Verwandte mit – oft literarischen – Texten und Bildern verewigen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Stammbuch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„In einem Stammbuch können Sie die Urkunden und Abschriften aus Personenstandsregistern aufbewahren.“
„Viele Erwachsene kennen ihren eigenen Taufspruch nicht mehr. Wie wäre es, wenn Sie den mal wieder ‚ausgraben‘? Zu finden ist er in der Regel im Stammbuch, in das die Taufe eingetragen worden ist.“
Synonyms
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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