Stoßwaffe
[ˈʃtoːsˌvafə]
The verdict
“Stoßwaffe” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Waffe, die stoßend verwendet wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-sto-waffe · Stoßwaffe · German
Stoßwaffe · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Stoßwaffe |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃtoːsˌvafə] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Stoßwaffe“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Stoßwaffe is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃtoːsˌvafə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Waffe, die stoßend verwendet wird".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Stoßwaffe, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Stoßwaffe, spelled S-T-O-S-S-W-A-F-F-E.
Definition
- 1Waffe, die stoßend verwendet wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Stoßwaffe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Sehr verbreitet ist die kurze Stoßwaffe, welche jeder Mannbare in einer Falte der Kleidung trägt; […]“
Antonyms
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.