Volksstamm

[ˈfɔlksˌʃtam]

/[ˈfɔlksˌʃtam]/ noun

The verdict

“Volksstamm” is uncommon German (frequency #92,428 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,428
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine größere Gruppe von Menschen, die hinsichtlich der Sprache und Kultur viele Gemeinsamkeiten aufweisen und die normalerweise in einem gemeinsamen Siedlungsgebiet leben

Corpus desk

Index DE-volksstamm · Volksstamm · German

Volksstamm · rank #92,428 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #92,428
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH Voliere

Nearest frequency peer: Voliere (-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 „Volksstamm“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Volksstamm
PropertyValue
HeadwordVolksstamm
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈfɔlksˌʃtam]
Letters10
Frequency rank#92,428
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Volksstamm“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Volksstammfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Voliere“ (#92,427), „Vollzeitstellen“ (#92,429), „Voltigieren“ (#92,430). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „Volksstamm“ bei #92,428. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Volksstamm is uncommon German at frequency #92,428 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfɔlksˌʃtam]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine größere Gruppe von Menschen, die hinsichtlich der Sprache und Kultur viele Gemeinsamkeiten aufweisen und die normalerweise in einem gemeinsamen Siedlungsgebiet leben".

Volksstamm doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Volksstamm, spelled V-O-L-K-S-S-T-A-M-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine größere Gruppe von Menschen, die hinsichtlich der Sprache und Kultur viele Gemeinsamkeiten aufweisen und die normalerweise in einem gemeinsamen Siedlungsgebiet leben

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ganz im Norden Chinas, an der Grenze zu Rußland, wohnt der Volksstamm der Ewenki.
  2. In beiden Volksstämmen gibt es noch einige echte Schamanen, die – zumindest nach eigenem Bekunden – Regen machen können.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Volksstamm"?
"Volksstamm" is spelled V-O-L-K-S-S-T-A-M-M. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfɔlksˌʃtam].
What does "Volksstamm" mean?
As a noun, "Volksstamm" means: eine größere Gruppe von Menschen, die hinsichtlich der Sprache und Kultur viele Gemeinsamkeiten aufweisen und die normalerweise in einem gemeinsamen Siedlungsgebiet leben
How do you pronounce "Volksstamm"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Volksstamm" is [ˈfɔlksˌʃtam]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Volksstamm" come from?
"Volksstamm" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list