Stiegengeländer
[ˈʃtiːɡŋ̩ɡəˌlɛndɐ]
The verdict
“Stiegengeländer” 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 May 6, 2026) - (meist an kleinen Stellen unterbrochene) seitliche Sicherung von Möglichkeiten zum Auf- und Abstieg in andere Geschoße in Gebäuden gegen Absturz
Corpus desk
Index DE-stiegengelander · Stiegengeländer · German
Stiegengeländer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | Stiegengeländer |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃtiːɡŋ̩ɡəˌlɛndɐ] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Stiegengeländer” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Stiegengeländer is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃtiːɡŋ̩ɡəˌlɛndɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(meist an kleinen Stellen unterbrochene) seitliche Sicherung von Möglichkeiten zum Auf- und Abstieg in andere Geschoße in Gebäuden gegen Absturz".
Stiegengeländer doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Stiegengeländer, spelled S-T-I-E-G-E-N-G-E-L-Ä-N-D-E-R.
Definition
- 1(meist an kleinen Stellen unterbrochene) seitliche Sicherung von Möglichkeiten zum Auf- und Abstieg in andere Geschoße in Gebäuden gegen Absturz
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