stinkender

[ˈʃtɪŋkn̩dɐ]

/[ˈʃtɪŋkn̩dɐ]/ adj

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The verdict

“stinkender” is uncommon German (frequency #89,621 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#89,621
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs stinkend

Corpus desk

Index DE-stinkender · stinkender · German

stinkender · rank #89,621 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #89,621
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Stipendiatin

Nearest frequency peer: Stipendiatin (+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 „stinkender“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „stinkender“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for stinkender
PropertyValue
Headwordstinkender
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈʃtɪŋkn̩dɐ]
Letters10
Frequency rank#89,621
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „stinkender“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.stinkenderfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Stipendiatin“ (#89,622), „Steueroase“ (#89,619), „Stolpersteinen“ (#89,623). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „stinkender“ bei #89,621. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

stinkender is uncommon German at frequency #89,621 among 8,027 “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

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs stinkend
  2. 2
    Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs stinkend
  3. 3
    Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs stinkend
  4. 4
    Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs stinkend
  5. 5
    Nominativ 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "stinkender"?
"stinkender" is spelled S-T-I-N-K-E-N-D-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃtɪŋkn̩dɐ].
What does "stinkender" mean?
As an adjective, "stinkender" means: Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs stinkend
How do you pronounce "stinkender"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "stinkender" is [ˈʃtɪŋkn̩dɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "stinkender" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "stinkender", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Steueroase#89,619Staubwolke#89,615Stühlingen#89,631Spülbecken#89,604

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list