Stoßzahn
[ˈʃtoːsˌt͡saːn]
The verdict
“Stoßzahn” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - großer, aus dem Maul hervorragender Zahn, wie er unter anderem bei Elefanten und Walrossen vorkommt
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Stoßzahn |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃtoːsˌt͡saːn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Stoßzahn” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Stoßzahn is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃtoːsˌt͡saːn]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "großer, aus dem Maul hervorragender Zahn, wie er unter anderem bei Elefanten und Walrossen vorkommt".
Zero misspellings are on record for Stoßzahn in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Stoßzahn, spelled S-T-O-S-S-Z-A-H-N.
Definition
- 1großer, aus dem Maul hervorragender Zahn, wie er unter anderem bei Elefanten und Walrossen vorkommt
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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.
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Using “Stoßzahn”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-T-O-S-S-Z-A-H-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʃtoːsˌt͡saːn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.