stockdunkel
[ʃtɔkˈdʊŋkl̩]
The verdict
“stockdunkel” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - völlig dunkel
Corpus desk
Index DE-stockdunkel · stockdunkel · German
stockdunkel · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | stockdunkel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ʃtɔkˈdʊŋkl̩] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „stockdunkel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
stockdunkel is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ʃtɔkˈdʊŋkl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "völlig dunkel".
stockdunkel has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 stockdunkel, spelled S-T-O-C-K-D-U-N-K-E-L.
Definition
- 1völlig dunkel
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how stockdunkel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Man konnte die Sterne in der stockdunklen Nacht wunderbar mit dem bloßen Auge betrachten.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.