Aalstrich
German, noun/ˈaːlˌʃtʁɪç/
Aalstrich is spelled A-A-L-S-T-R-I-C-H (9 letters) and appears about once in every 36 million words in written German, the 357,274th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aalstrich is a German masculine noun meaning “dorsal stripe” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “auf der Rückenmitte von vorn nach hinten verlaufender dunkler Strich/Streifen im Fell von Säugetieren, etwa…”.
What does Aalstrich mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedorsal stripe
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. auf der Rückenmitte von vorn nach hinten verlaufender dunkler Strich/Streifen im Fell von Säugetieren, etwa Pferden, Rindern, Ziegen, Katze oder Eseln
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Aalstrich
- Aalstriches genitive
- Aalstrichs genitive
- Aalstriche plural
- Aalstrichen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Aalstrich?
- /ˈaːlˌʃtʁɪç/
- [ˈaːlˌʃtʁɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Aalstrich in German?
Aalstrich appears about once in every 36 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).