Stimulus
[ˈstiːmulʊs]
The verdict
“Stimulus” is uncommon German (frequency #92,262 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,262
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Reiz, welche eine Reaktion hervorruft
Corpus desk
Index DE-stimulus · Stimulus · German
Stimulus · rank #92,262 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,262
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Stoffwechsels…
Nearest frequency peer: Stoffwechselstörungen (+1 rank slots)
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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Stimulus“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- steigendes
steigendes
7,741 corpus weight
- Stimulus
Stimulus
7,739 corpus weight
- Stoffwechse…
Stoffwechselstörungen
7,738 corpus weight
- stola
stola
7,737 corpus weight
- strafbares
strafbares
7,736 corpus weight
- Straflosigk…
Straflosigkeit
7,735 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Stimulus“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Stimulus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈstiːmulʊs] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #92,262 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Stimulus“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Stimulus is uncommon German at frequency #92,262 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈstiːmulʊs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Stimulus doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Stimulus, spelled S-T-I-M-U-L-U-S.
Definition
- 1Reiz, welche eine Reaktion hervorruft
- 2etwas, das eine Veranlassung/Motivation darstellt, etwas Bestimmtes zu tun oder zu lassen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Stimulus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ein unkonditionierter Stimulus (UCS für unconditioned stimuli) ist ein Reiz, der eine Reaktion ohne Konditionierung, also ohne Lernen, auslöst – einen Reflex.
„Zwischen einem verbalen Stimulus und einem verbalen Response kann es aber auch verbal vermittelnde Assoziationen geben, die den Lernakt beeinflussen.“
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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