Stützpfosten
[ˈʃtʏt͡sˌp͡fɔstn̩]
The verdict
“Stützpfosten” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pfosten, der dazu dient, etwas abzustützen
Corpus desk
Index DE-stutzpfosten · Stützpfosten · German
Stützpfosten · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Stützpfosten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃtʏt͡sˌp͡fɔstn̩] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Stützpfosten“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Stützpfosten is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃtʏt͡sˌp͡fɔstn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pfosten, der dazu dient, etwas abzustützen".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Stützpfosten in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 Stützpfosten, spelled S-T-Ü-T-Z-P-F-O-S-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1Pfosten, der dazu dient, etwas abzustützen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Stützpfosten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Dann fielen plötzlich die Stützpfosten und die Querlatten der Gegenspaliere mitsamt dem Drahtgitter auf die Beete.“
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.