stänkern
[ˈʃtɛŋkɐn]
The verdict
“stänkern” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gestank verursachen
Corpus desk
Index DE-stankern · stänkern · German
stänkern · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | stänkern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʃtɛŋkɐn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „stänkern“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
stänkern is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʃtɛŋkɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for stänkern in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is stänkern, spelled S-T-Ä-N-K-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1Gestank verursachen
- 2Streit suchen; über etwas oder jemanden meckern
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how stänkern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er stänkert mit seiner Zigarre das ganze Zimmer voll.
Er stänkert mit seiner kleinen Schwester, bis sie weint.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.