Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stempel

/stˈɛmpəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.08 in modern English

Syllables: stem-pel
IPA: /stˈɛmpəl/

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from German.

noun

A shelf set into a mineshaft for storing waste material, or for use as a step or support.

Etymology

Borrowed from German Stempel.

Origin

Source language: Dutch

Word Breakdown

Root: Stempel, *stampōn, *stampōną

Inflected Forms

Stempels (plural) stemple (alternative)

Homonyms

stemple

Rhymes With

temple semple hempel rempel wemple stemple kemple zempel

Questions

How do you pronounce stempel?: The recorded pronunciation is /stˈɛmpəl/.
What does stempel mean?: A surname from German.
Where does stempel come from?: It is traced to Dutch.

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