stanzen

[ˈʃtant͡sn̩]

/[ˈʃtant͡sn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“stanzen” is uncommon German (frequency #65,714 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,714
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Form durch Pressen, Stoßen, Schlagen herausschneiden, herstellen

Corpus desk

Index DE-stanzen · stanzen · German

stanzen · rank #65,714 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,714
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Standpunkten

Nearest frequency peer: Standpunkten (-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 „stanzen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for stanzen
PropertyValue
Headwordstanzen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈʃtant͡sn̩]
Letters7
Frequency rank#65,714
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „stanzen“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).stanzenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Standpunkten“ (#65,713), „Stefans“ (#65,715), „Standardsprache“ (#65,712). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „stanzen“ bei #65,714. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

stanzen is uncommon German at frequency #65,714 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʃtant͡sn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

stanzen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 stanzen, spelled S-T-A-N-Z-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Form durch Pressen, Stoßen, Schlagen herausschneiden, herstellen
  2. 2
    durch Druck aufprägen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Weihnachtskekse stanzt man aus dem Teig.
  2. Zum Einstellen verschiedener Längen wurden Löcher in den Gürtel gestanzt.

This word in other languages

press(English)poinçonner(Français)furar(Português)

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 "stanzen"?
"stanzen" is spelled S-T-A-N-Z-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃtant͡sn̩].
What does "stanzen" mean?
As a verb, "stanzen" means: eine Form durch Pressen, Stoßen, Schlagen herausschneiden, herstellen
How do you pronounce "stanzen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "stanzen" is [ˈʃtant͡sn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "stanzen" come from?
"stanzen" 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 "stanzen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Stefans#65,715sticken#65,722strande#65,730stripes#65,733

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list