Stempen
[ˈʃtɛmpn̩]
The verdict
“Stempen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kurzer Pfosten, kurzer (dickerer) Pfahl, Pflock
Corpus desk
Index DE-stempen · Stempen · German
Stempen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | Stempen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃtɛmpn̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Stempen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Stempen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃtɛmpn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "kurzer Pfosten, kurzer (dickerer) Pfahl, Pflock".
Stempen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Stempen, spelled S-T-E-M-P-E-N.
Definition
- 1kurzer Pfosten, kurzer (dickerer) Pfahl, Pflock
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Stempen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Peter fuhr rückwärts aus dem Parkplatz und krachte schwungvoll an den neu gesetzen Stempen.
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.