stimmhaft
[ˈʃtɪmhaft]
The verdict
“stimmhaft” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Eigenschaft eines Lautes, der mit Schwingung der Stimmlippen (Stimmbänder) artikuliert wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-stimmhaft · stimmhaft · German
stimmhaft · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | stimmhaft |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʃtɪmhaft] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „stimmhaft“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
stimmhaft is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʃtɪmhaft]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Eigenschaft eines Lautes, der mit Schwingung der Stimmlippen (Stimmbänder) artikuliert wird".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for stimmhaft, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is stimmhaft, spelled S-T-I-M-M-H-A-F-T.
Definition
- 1Eigenschaft eines Lautes, der mit Schwingung der Stimmlippen (Stimmbänder) artikuliert wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how stimmhaft appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Stimmhaft werden im Deutschen gebildet: Vokale, Sonanten, einige Gleitlaute (vor allem: [i̯, ʊ̯]) und diejenigen Plosive ([b, d, g]) und Frikative ([v, z, ʒ]), bei denen die Stimmbänder schwingen.
Phonologisch gesehen gehört stimmhaft zur Opposition von stimmhaft - stimmlos; das Wortpaar "reisen" ([ʀaɪ̯zn̩]) - "reißen" ([ʀaɪ̯sn̩]) unterscheidet sich genau durch diese Opposition.
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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.