vollstopfen

[ˈfɔlˌʃtɔp͡fn̩]

/[ˈfɔlˌʃtɔp͡fn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“vollstopfen” is uncommon German (frequency #87,246 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,246
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas zur Gänze befüllen

Corpus desk

Index DE-vollstopfen · vollstopfen · German

vollstopfen · rank #87,246 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,246
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH Voraussage

Nearest frequency peer: Voraussage (+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 „vollstopfen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for vollstopfen
PropertyValue
Headwordvollstopfen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈfɔlˌʃtɔp͡fn̩]
Letters11
Frequency rank#87,246
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „vollstopfen“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Voraussage“ (#87,247), „volkswirtschaftlicher“ (#87,244), „vorausschauende“ (#87,248). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „vollstopfen“ bei #87,246. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

vollstopfen is uncommon German at frequency #87,246 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈfɔlˌʃtɔp͡fn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for vollstopfen in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is vollstopfen, spelled V-O-L-L-S-T-O-P-F-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    etwas zur Gänze befüllen
  2. 2
    sehr viel, sehr schnell essen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Am Abend vor der Abreise stopfte seine Ehefrau ihren Koffer voll.
  2. In der Mittagspause stopft der Chef sich immer mit Burgern voll.

This word in other languages

stuff(English)bourrer(Français)

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 "vollstopfen"?
"vollstopfen" is spelled V-O-L-L-S-T-O-P-F-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfɔlˌʃtɔp͡fn̩].
What does "vollstopfen" mean?
As a verb, "vollstopfen" means: etwas zur Gänze befüllen
How do you pronounce "vollstopfen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vollstopfen" is [ˈfɔlˌʃtɔp͡fn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vollstopfen" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Viehzüchter#87,238Vulkanismus#87,258vertauschte#87,233warmherzige#87,268

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list