Stammesführer

[ˈʃtaməsˌfyːʁɐ]

/[ˈʃtaməsˌfyːʁɐ]/ noun

The verdict

“Stammesführer” is uncommon German (frequency #96,306 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#96,306
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der Anführer eines Stammes

Corpus desk

Index DE-stammesfuhrer · Stammesführer · German

Stammesführer · rank #96,306 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #96,306
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Starkstrom

Nearest frequency peer: Starkstrom (+2 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 „Stammesführer“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Stammesführer
PropertyValue
HeadwordStammesführer
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃtaməsˌfyːʁɐ]
Letters13
Frequency rank#96,306
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Stammesführer“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Starkstrom“ (#96,308), „Staatspleite“ (#96,303), „stattzufinden“ (#96,309). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Stammesführer“ bei #96,306. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Stammesführer is uncommon German at frequency #96,306 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃtaməsˌfyːʁɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "der Anführer eines Stammes".

No misspelling variants are generated for Stammesführer in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Stammesführer, spelled S-T-A-M-M-E-S-F-Ü-H-R-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    der Anführer eines Stammes

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Chief Gilbert „Gibby“ Jacob, der Stammesführer der Squamish Nation, ist einer der einflussreichsten Stammesführer unter den First Nations (Ureinwohner) in Kanada.
  2. Bei einem Treffen in Kairo haben Stammesführer aus Libyen die Gründung eines Rats zur Förderung von Friedensverhandlungen in ihrer Heimat beschlossen.

Antonyms

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 "Stammesführer"?
"Stammesführer" is spelled S-T-A-M-M-E-S-F-Ü-H-R-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃtaməsˌfyːʁɐ].
What does "Stammesführer" mean?
As a noun, "Stammesführer" means: der Anführer eines Stammes
How do you pronounce "Stammesführer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Stammesführer" is [ˈʃtaməsˌfyːʁɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Stammesführer" come from?
"Stammesführer" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list