Stoßzahn
[ˈʃtoːsˌt͡saːn]
The verdict
“Stoßzahn” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - großer, aus dem Maul hervorragender Zahn, wie er unter anderem bei Elefanten und Walrossen vorkommt
Corpus desk
Index DE-sto-zahn · Stoßzahn · German
Stoßzahn · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | Stoßzahn |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃtoːsˌt͡saːn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Stoßzahn“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Stoßzahn is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃtoːsˌt͡saːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Stoßzahn appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der lange, gedrehte Stoßzahn des Narwals wurde im Mittelalter und der frühen Neuzeit für das Horn eines Einhorns gehalten.
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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.