Stündchen

[ˈʃtʏntçən]

/[ˈʃtʏntçən]/ noun

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The verdict

“Stündchen” is uncommon German (frequency #52,468 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,468
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwa eine Stunde

Corpus desk

Index DE-stundchen · Stündchen · German

Stündchen · rank #52,468 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,468
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH stundenlange

Nearest frequency peer: stundenlange (-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 „Stündchen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Stündchen
PropertyValue
HeadwordStündchen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃtʏntçən]
Letters9
Frequency rank#52,468
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Stündchen“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Stündchenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „stundenlange“ (#52,467), „Substantive“ (#52,469), „Stummer“ (#52,466). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Stündchen“ bei #52,468. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Stündchen is uncommon German at frequency #52,468 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃtʏntçən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "etwa eine Stunde".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Stündchen, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored 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 Stündchen, spelled S-T-Ü-N-D-C-H-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    etwa eine Stunde

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ich brauche für die Autoreparatur noch ein paar Stündchen.
  2. „Von Zeit zu Zeit sprach John Ross vor, fragte nach Neuigkeiten und verplauderte ein Stündchen mit den verantwortlichen Herren der Admiralität.“

Synonyms

Stündlein

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 "Stündchen"?
"Stündchen" is spelled S-T-Ü-N-D-C-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃtʏntçən].
What does "Stündchen" mean?
As a noun, "Stündchen" means: etwa eine Stunde
How do you pronounce "Stündchen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Stündchen" is [ˈʃtʏntçən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Stündchen" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list