Stümper
[ˈʃtʏmpɐ]
The verdict
“Stümper” is uncommon German (frequency #75,102 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,102
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die auf einem Gebiet, auf dem sie tätig ist, nur wenige oder gar keine Kenntnisse hat
Corpus desk
Index DE-stumper · Stümper · German
Stümper · rank #75,102 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,102
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH stunk
Nearest frequency peer: stunk (-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 „Stümper“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Strohballen
Strohballen
24,904 corpus weight
- Stulle
Stulle
24,901 corpus weight
- stunk
stunk
24,900 corpus weight
- Stümper
Stümper
24,899 corpus weight
- Symbolpolit…
Symbolpolitik
24,897 corpus weight
- systemischer
systemischer
24,896 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Stümper“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Stümper |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃtʏmpɐ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #75,102 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Stümper“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Stümper is uncommon German at frequency #75,102 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃtʏmpɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Stümper doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Stümper, spelled S-T-Ü-M-P-E-R.
Definition
- 1Person, die auf einem Gebiet, auf dem sie tätig ist, nur wenige oder gar keine Kenntnisse hat
- 2Person, die sich bei etwas keine Mühe gibt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Stümper appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Gute Musiker wollen sie dulden oder sogar fördern; Stümper an der Klampfe oder Fiedler mit Einliedrepertoire sollen aus U-Bahnen und Fußgängerzonen verschwinden.“
„Allerdings wird aus den Prozessunterlagen jetzt deutlich, daß die Terrorkumpane des al-Sarkawi im Ruhrgebiet eher eine Bande von Stümpern als Profis waren.“
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).