stülpen
[ˈʃtʏlpn̩]
The verdict
“stülpen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - so wenden, dass das, was innen war, danach außen ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-stulpen · stülpen · German
stülpen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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 | stülpen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʃtʏlpn̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „stülpen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
stülpen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʃtʏlpn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
stülpen has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is stülpen, spelled S-T-Ü-L-P-E-N.
Definition
- 1so wenden, dass das, was innen war, danach außen ist
- 2eine Masse durch Umdrehen aus einem Gefäß lösen
- 3ein kopfbedeckendes Stück ohne viel Aufmerksamkeit schnell aufsetzen
- 4mit etwas Umhüllenden, das im weitesten Sinne sackartig geformt ist, bedecken
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how stülpen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wenn du die Socke nach außen stülpst, findest du das Steinchen viel leichter, als wenn du danach nur tastest.
Ich habe kein Geld, ich kann meine Jackentaschen nach außen stülpen, wenn du mir nicht glaubst.
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.