Stammesoberhaupt
[ˈʃtaməsˌʔoːbɐhaʊ̯pt]
The verdict
“Stammesoberhaupt” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die einen Stamm anführt, an der Spitze eines Stammes steht
Corpus desk
Index DE-stammesoberhaupt · Stammesoberhaupt · German
Stammesoberhaupt · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Stammesoberhaupt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃtaməsˌʔoːbɐhaʊ̯pt] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Stammesoberhaupt“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Stammesoberhaupt is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃtaməsˌʔoːbɐhaʊ̯pt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Person, die einen Stamm anführt, an der Spitze eines Stammes steht".
Zero misspellings are on record for Stammesoberhaupt in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Stammesoberhaupt, spelled S-T-A-M-M-E-S-O-B-E-R-H-A-U-P-T.
Definition
- 1Person, die einen Stamm anführt, an der Spitze eines Stammes steht
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Stammesoberhaupt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Während Bridas Ingenieure stundenlang mit afghanischen Stammesoberhäuptern in der Wüste Tee tranken, wenn sie die Routen erkundeten, flogen die Manager von Unocal ein und aus und nahmen einfach hin, was sie von den wankelmütigen afghanischen Kriegsherren zu hören bekamen.“
„Er war der Sohn eines Stammesoberhaupts.“
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.