Stängel

[ˈʃtɛŋl̩]

/[ˈʃtɛŋl̩]/ noun

The verdict

“Stängel” is uncommon German (frequency #54,931 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,931
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hauptspross einer nicht krautigen Pflanze

Corpus desk

Index DE-stangel · Stängel · German

Stängel · rank #54,931 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,931
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Stuttgarts

Nearest frequency peer: Stuttgarts (-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 „Stängel“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Stängel
PropertyValue
HeadwordStängel
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃtɛŋl̩]
Letters7
Frequency rank#54,931
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Stängel“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Stuttgarts“ (#54,930), „summt“ (#54,932), „Studierender“ (#54,929). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Stängel“ bei #54,931. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Stängel is uncommon German at frequency #54,931 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃtɛŋl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Stängel has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Stängel, spelled S-T-Ä-N-G-E-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Hauptspross einer nicht krautigen Pflanze
  2. 2
    männliches Glied, Penis

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Löwenzahn hat einen hohlen Stängel.
  2. „Quanen haben grüne Blätter und grüne Stängel.“

Synonyms

Antonyms

This word in other languages

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 "Stängel"?
"Stängel" is spelled S-T-Ä-N-G-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃtɛŋl̩].
What does "Stängel" mean?
As a noun, "Stängel" means: Hauptspross einer nicht krautigen Pflanze
How do you pronounce "Stängel"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Stängel" is [ˈʃtɛŋl̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Stängel" come from?
"Stängel" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list