Stecknadel
[ˈʃtɛkˌnaːdl̩]
The verdict
“Stecknadel” is uncommon German (frequency #83,335 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,335
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zum Befestigen von Stoff oder zum Abstecken von Nähten verwendete Nadel, deren Kopf zumeist aus Metall oder buntem Glas besteht
Corpus desk
Index DE-stecknadel · Stecknadel · German
Stecknadel · rank #83,335 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,335
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH staubige
Nearest frequency peer: staubige (-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 „Stecknadel“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Stargast
Stargast
16,670 corpus weight
- stato
stato
16,668 corpus weight
- staubige
staubige
16,667 corpus weight
- Stecknadel
Stecknadel
16,666 corpus weight
- Steinmauer
Steinmauer
16,664 corpus weight
- Steller
Steller
16,663 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Stecknadel“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Stecknadel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃtɛkˌnaːdl̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #83,335 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Stecknadel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Stecknadel is uncommon German at frequency #83,335 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃtɛkˌnaːdl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "zum Befestigen von Stoff oder zum Abstecken von Nähten verwendete Nadel, deren Kopf zumeist aus Metall oder buntem Glas besteht".
Stecknadel doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Stecknadel, spelled S-T-E-C-K-N-A-D-E-L.
Definition
- 1zum Befestigen von Stoff oder zum Abstecken von Nähten verwendete Nadel, deren Kopf zumeist aus Metall oder buntem Glas besteht
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Stecknadel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Meine Schneiderin benötigt zum Abstecken meines neuen Rockes viele Stecknadeln.
„Die Stundenpläne befestigte Mama neben dem Kühlschrank mit Stecknadeln an der Küchenwand.“
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.
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