Stempel
German, noun
Stempel is spelled S-T-E-M-P-E-L (7 letters) and appears 6.2 times per million words in written German, the 10,439th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Stempel is a German masculine noun meaning “mark, imprint, trademark, brand, postmark” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, stempel is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Gerät zum Drucken eines Namens oder einer kurzen Information”.
What does Stempel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemark, imprint, trademark, brand, postmark
- 2
masculinestamp, rubber stamp (actual device used to make a mark or stamp)
- 3
masculinepit prop
- 4
masculinepestle, pounder
- 5
masculinepunch, stamp, stamper, die
einen Stempel aufdrücken
- 6
masculinepistil
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gerät zum Drucken eines Namens oder einer kurzen Information 2. Abdruck mit Hilfe von [1] 3. Präge- oder Stanzvorrichtung 4. Fruchtknoten, Griffel und Narbe einer Blüte
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Stempel
- Stempels genitive
- Stempeln dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Stempel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Stempel in German?
Stempel appears 6.2 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).