Stuhr

[ʃtuːɐ̯]

/[ʃtuːɐ̯]/ name

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The verdict

“Stuhr” is uncommon German (frequency #65,736 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,736
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - größere Gemeinde im westlichen Niedersachsen, die an der südlichen Grenze zu Bremen liegt und zum Landkreis Diepholz gehört

Corpus desk

Index DE-stuhr · Stuhr · German

Stuhr · rank #65,736 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,736
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Studis

Nearest frequency peer: Studis (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Stuhr“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Stuhr“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Stuhr
PropertyValue
HeadwordStuhr
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ʃtuːɐ̯]
Letters5
Frequency rank#65,736
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Stuhr“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Stuhrfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Studis“ (#65,735), „strukturierter“ (#65,734), „stählernen“ (#65,738). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Stuhr“ bei #65,736. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Stuhr is uncommon German at frequency #65,736 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ʃtuːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "größere Gemeinde im westlichen Niedersachsen, die an der südlichen Grenze zu Bremen liegt und zum Landkreis Diepholz gehört".

Zero misspellings are on record for Stuhr in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Stuhr, spelled S-T-U-H-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    größere Gemeinde im westlichen Niedersachsen, die an der südlichen Grenze zu Bremen liegt und zum Landkreis Diepholz gehört

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Stuhr appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Bei der Explosion eines Wohnhauses in Stuhr bei Bremen ist am Freitag ein 59-jähriger Mann lebensgefährlich verletzt worden.“

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Stuhr"?
"Stuhr" is spelled S-T-U-H-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ʃtuːɐ̯].
What does "Stuhr" mean?
As a proper noun, "Stuhr" means: größere Gemeinde im westlichen Niedersachsen, die an der südlichen Grenze zu Bremen liegt und zum Landkreis Diepholz gehört
How do you pronounce "Stuhr"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Stuhr" is [ʃtuːɐ̯]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Stuhr" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Stuhr", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

stopf#65,727spukt#65,709Trabi#65,766Varia#65,802

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list