stinkender
[ˈʃtɪŋkn̩dɐ]
The verdict
“stinkender” is uncommon German (frequency #89,621 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,621
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs stinkend
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | stinkender |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʃtɪŋkn̩dɐ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #89,621 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “stinkender” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
stinkender is uncommon German at frequency #89,621 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʃtɪŋkn̩dɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
stinkender doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is stinkender, spelled S-T-I-N-K-E-N-D-E-R.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs stinkend
- 2Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs stinkend
- 3Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs stinkend
- 4Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs stinkend
- 5Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs stinkend
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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Using “stinkender”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-T-I-N-K-E-N-D-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.