totstechen
[ˈtoːtˌʃtɛçn̩]
The verdict
“totstechen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemanden töten, indem man ihn sticht
Corpus desk
Index DE-totstechen · totstechen · German
totstechen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" 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 | totstechen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈtoːtˌʃtɛçn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „totstechen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
totstechen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈtoːtˌʃtɛçn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemanden töten, indem man ihn sticht".
No generated misspelling entries exist for totstechen in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is totstechen, spelled T-O-T-S-T-E-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1jemanden töten, indem man ihn sticht
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how totstechen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Nachdem die Schwarzen Witwen Oma Esther totgestochen hatten, verzichtete Irene Casey beim Festessen zu Erntedank auf ihren Platz in der Küche.“
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.