die Straße fegen

[ˌdiː ˈʃtʁaːsə ˌfeːɡn̩]

/[ˌdiː ˈʃtʁaːsə ˌfeːɡn̩]/ phrase

The verdict

“die Straße fegen” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
16
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - als Straßenprostituierte/Straßenprostituierter Freier suchen, nach Kunden Ausschau halten

Key facts for die Straße fegen
PropertyValue
Headworddie Straße fegen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[ˌdiː ˈʃtʁaːsə ˌfeːɡn̩]
Letters16
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “die Straße fegen” sits in German frequency

die Straße fegen falls outside the top-100,000 ranked German words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for die Straße fegen is 16 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌdiː ˈʃtʁaːsə ˌfeːɡn̩]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "als Straßenprostituierte/Straßenprostituierter Freier suchen, nach Kunden Ausschau halten".

No misspelling variants are generated for die Straße fegen in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is die Straße fegen, spelled D-I-E- -S-T-R-A-S-S-E- -F-E-G-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    als Straßenprostituierte/Straßenprostituierter Freier suchen, nach Kunden Ausschau halten

Synonyms

auf Tour sein

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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "die Straße fegen"?
"die Straße fegen" is spelled D-I-E- -S-T-R-A-SS-E- -F-E-G-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌdiː ˈʃtʁaːsə ˌfeːɡn̩].
What does "die Straße fegen" mean?
As a phrase, "die Straße fegen" means: als Straßenprostituierte/Straßenprostituierter Freier suchen, nach Kunden Ausschau halten
How do you pronounce "die Straße fegen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "die Straße fegen" is [ˌdiː ˈʃtʁaːsə ˌfeːɡn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Using “die Straße fegen”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is D-I-E- -S-T-R-A-S-S-E- -F-E-G-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˌdiː ˈʃtʁaːsə ˌfeːɡn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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