Stolperdraht
[ˈʃtɔlpɐˌdʁaːt]
The verdict
“Stolperdraht” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - knapp über dem Erdboden gespannter Draht
Corpus desk
Index DE-stolperdraht · Stolperdraht · German
Stolperdraht · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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 | Stolperdraht |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃtɔlpɐˌdʁaːt] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Stolperdraht“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Stolperdraht is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃtɔlpɐˌdʁaːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "knapp über dem Erdboden gespannter Draht".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Stolperdraht, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Stolperdraht, spelled S-T-O-L-P-E-R-D-R-A-H-T.
Definition
- 1knapp über dem Erdboden gespannter Draht
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Stolperdraht appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Vor ihnen liegen tiefgestaffelte Verteidigungslinien der Russen. Vor ihnen liegen vor allem undurchdringliche Minenfelder. Tellerminen, Tretminen, Pfeifminen. Und zwischen Stolperdrähten die tückischen Reißminen.“
„Bei einem Stolperdraht handelt es sich um eine Verbindung, die meist knapp über dem Boden (in etwa Knöchel- bis Kniehöhe) von einem festen Verankerungspunkt zu einem Zündmechanismus geführt wird.“
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.