Stümper
German, noun/ˈʃtʏmpɐ/
Stümper is spelled S-T-Ü-M-P-E-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 74,397th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Stümper is a German masculine noun meaning “bungler, botcher, slacker (someone who habitually performs badly, due to lack of skill or care)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Person, die auf einem Gebiet, auf dem sie tätig ist, nur wenige oder gar keine Kenntnisse hat”.
What does Stümper mean in English?
noun
- 1
derogatorymasculinebungler, botcher, slacker (someone who habitually performs badly, due to lack of skill or care)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Person, die auf einem Gebiet, auf dem sie tätig ist, nur wenige oder gar keine Kenntnisse hat 2. Person, die sich bei etwas keine Mühe gibt
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Stümper
- Stümpers genitive
- Stümperin feminine
- Stümpern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Stümper?
- /ˈʃtʏmpɐ/
- [ˈʃtʏmpɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Stümper
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Stümper in German?
Stümper appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).