stammeln

[ˈʃtaml̩n]

/[ˈʃtaml̩n]/ verb

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The verdict

“stammeln” is an uncommon German word, ranked #92,253 in German word frequency and used as a verb.

#92,253
frequency rank, German
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - zögerlich, unzusammenhängend und undeutlich sprechen

Key facts for stammeln
PropertyValue
Headwordstammeln
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈʃtaml̩n]
Letters8
Frequency rank#92,253
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “stammeln” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). stammeln lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for stammeln is 8 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃtaml̩n]. Corpus data places it at rank #92,253 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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

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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Using “stammeln”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is S-T-A-M-M-E-L-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈʃtaml̩n] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list