Stichwaffe
[ˈʃtɪçˌvafə]
The verdict
“Stichwaffe” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Waffe, die vorn spitz zuläuft und durch einen Stich verletzt oder tötet
Corpus desk
Index DE-stichwaffe · Stichwaffe · German
Stichwaffe · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Stichwaffe |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃtɪçˌvafə] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Stichwaffe“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Stichwaffe is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃtɪçˌvafə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Waffe, die vorn spitz zuläuft und durch einen Stich verletzt oder tötet".
Stichwaffe has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, 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 Stichwaffe, spelled S-T-I-C-H-W-A-F-F-E.
Definition
- 1Waffe, die vorn spitz zuläuft und durch einen Stich verletzt oder tötet
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Stichwaffe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Übergänge zwischen den Hieb- und den Stichwaffen sind oft fließend, da beispielsweise ein Säbel sowohl zum Schlag gegen einen Gegner als auch zum Stechen eingesetzt werden kann.
Synonyms
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.