Stehaufmännchen
[ʃteːˈʔaʊ̯fˌmɛnçən]
The verdict
“Stehaufmännchen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die sich auch von großem Pech/Unglück nicht unterkriegen lässt
Corpus desk
Index DE-stehaufmannchen · Stehaufmännchen · German
Stehaufmännchen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | Stehaufmännchen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʃteːˈʔaʊ̯fˌmɛnçən] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Stehaufmännchen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Stehaufmännchen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʃteːˈʔaʊ̯fˌmɛnçən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Stehaufmännchen in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Stehaufmännchen, spelled S-T-E-H-A-U-F-M-Ä-N-N-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1Person, die sich auch von großem Pech/Unglück nicht unterkriegen lässt
- 2Figur mit tief liegenden Schwerpunkt, so dass sie sich immer wieder aufrichtet
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Stehaufmännchen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[Überschrift:] Stewart O'Nan über Scott F. Fitzgerald: „Er war ein Stehaufmännchen“
Als Dittmann aber mit seinem Geschäft an die Börse wollte, scheiterte er und verlor fast alles. Aber er ist ein Stehaufmännchen und fing wieder von vorn an.
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.