stammeln

[ˈʃtaml̩n]

/[ˈʃtaml̩n]/ verb

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The verdict

“stammeln” is uncommon German (frequency #92,253 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,253
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zögerlich, unzusammenhängend und undeutlich sprechen

Corpus desk

Index DE-stammeln · stammeln · German

stammeln · rank #92,253 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #92,253
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Stahlrohr

Nearest frequency peer: Stahlrohr (-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 „stammeln“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „stammeln“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for stammeln
PropertyValue
Headwordstammeln
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈʃtaml̩n]
Letters8
Frequency rank#92,253
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „stammeln“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.stammelnfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Stahlrohr“ (#92,252), „Stammtischen“ (#92,254), „standardisierter“ (#92,255). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „stammeln“ bei #92,253. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

stammeln is uncommon German at frequency #92,253 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʃtaml̩n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "zögerlich, unzusammenhängend und undeutlich sprechen".

No generated misspelling entries exist for stammeln in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is stammeln, spelled S-T-A-M-M-E-L-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    zögerlich, unzusammenhängend und undeutlich sprechen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how stammeln appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Als das Mädchen ihren Angebeteten endlich sah, konnte sie vor Verlegenheit nur noch stammeln.
  2. Was stammelst Du denn da?

This word in other languages

stammer(English)tartamudear(Español)bégayer(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "stammeln"?
"stammeln" is spelled S-T-A-M-M-E-L-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃtaml̩n].
What does "stammeln" mean?
As a verb, "stammeln" means: zögerlich, unzusammenhängend und undeutlich sprechen
How do you pronounce "stammeln"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "stammeln" is [ˈʃtaml̩n]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "stammeln" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "stammeln", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

spottete#92,244Stimulus#92,262sondiert#92,229synopsis#92,279

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list