stumpf
Letters
6 characters
Frequency Rank
#11,537
in German word usage
Misspellings
10
tracked variants
Confusables
7
similar word pairs
stumpf is anGermanadj. It means: nicht scharf (bei Schneidegeräten), sodass es nicht mehr möglich ist zu schneiden Pronounced [ʃtʊmp͡f]. Often confused with Sumpf and Sümpfe.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | stumpf |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adj |
| IPA | [ʃtʊmp͡f] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #11,537 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency rank visualization
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for stumpf is 6 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʃtʊmp͡f]. Corpus data places it at rank #11,537 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for stumpf, with forms such as "sstumpf", "stmupf", and "sttumpf". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "Sumpf", "Sümpfe", "stumpfen", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is stumpf, spelled S-T-U-M-P-F, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1nicht scharf (bei Schneidegeräten), sodass es nicht mehr möglich ist zu schneiden
- 2ohne Spitze
- 3nicht glatt
- 4nicht leuchtend
- 5Eigenschaft eines Winkels, der zwischen 90° und 180° groß ist
- 6nicht scharf im Bezug auf den Verstand eines Menschen, meist abwertend von vermeintlich Klügeren benutzt
- 7dreist, wenig elegant
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: sstumpf,stmupf,sttumpf,stumfp,stummpf,stumpff,stumppf,stupmf,sutmpf,tsumpf
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
Relative frequency of common misspelling types for stumpf
Misspelling Variants of "stumpf"
Frequency rank: #11,537 in German
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