Steigbügelhalter
[ˈʃtaɪ̯kbyːɡl̩ˌhaltɐ]
The verdict
“Steigbügelhalter” is uncommon German (frequency #80,959 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,959
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die einer anderen Person bei deren Aufstieg oder einer Karriere hilft
Corpus desk
Index DE-steigbugelhalter · Steigbügelhalter · German
Steigbügelhalter · rank #80,959 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,959
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Steinau
Nearest frequency peer: Steinau (+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 „Steigbügelhalter“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Stahls
Stahls
19,045 corpus weight
- Statuette
Statuette
19,044 corpus weight
- Steigbügelh…
Steigbügelhalter
19,042 corpus weight
- Steinau
Steinau
19,041 corpus weight
- Steines
Steines
19,040 corpus weight
- Stellvertre…
Stellvertretung
19,039 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Steigbügelhalter“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Steigbügelhalter |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃtaɪ̯kbyːɡl̩ˌhaltɐ] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Frequency rank | #80,959 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Steigbügelhalter“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Steigbügelhalter is uncommon German at frequency #80,959 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃtaɪ̯kbyːɡl̩ˌhaltɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Person, die einer anderen Person bei deren Aufstieg oder einer Karriere hilft".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Steigbügelhalter, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Steigbügelhalter, spelled S-T-E-I-G-B-Ü-G-E-L-H-A-L-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Person, die einer anderen Person bei deren Aufstieg oder einer Karriere hilft
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Steigbügelhalter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Alfred Hugenberg, der unter anderem die UFA kontrollierte, wurde oft als „Steigbügelhalter Hitlers“ bezeichnet.
Während Papen und Hugenberg als „Steigbügelhalter des Nationalsozialismus“ ungehindert auftreten konnten, sabotierte das NS-Regime den Wahlkampf der Kommunisten und Sozialdemokraten, aber auch der katholischen Zentrumspartei massiv. Zeitungen wurden verboten, Versammlungen aufgelöst, Rundfunkübertragungen verhindert.
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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