Durststrecke
[ˈdʊʁstˌʃtʁɛkə]
The verdict
“Durststrecke” is uncommon German (frequency #68,151 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,151
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Strecke, die durch ein Gebiet ohne Wasser führt
Corpus desk
Index DE-durststrecke · Durststrecke · German
Durststrecke · rank #68,151 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,151
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH durchlöchert
Nearest frequency peer: durchlöchert (-2 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 „Durststrecke“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- dunning
dunning
31,854 corpus weight
- durchführten
durchführten
31,853 corpus weight
- durchlöchert
durchlöchert
31,852 corpus weight
- Durststrecke
Durststrecke
31,850 corpus weight
- ebnete
ebnete
31,848 corpus weight
- Edmonton
Edmonton
31,846 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Durststrecke“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Durststrecke |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdʊʁstˌʃtʁɛkə] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #68,151 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Durststrecke“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Durststrecke is uncommon German at frequency #68,151 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈdʊʁstˌʃtʁɛkə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Durststrecke, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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. The correct German form is Durststrecke, spelled D-U-R-S-T-S-T-R-E-C-K-E.
Definition
- 1eine Strecke, die durch ein Gebiet ohne Wasser führt
- 2eine Zeitspanne, in der jemand Einschränkungen und Entbehrungen auf sich nehmen muss
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Durststrecke appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der einzige Weg durch diese Wüste ist eine Durststrecke.
Nach dem heutigen Sieg endet für den Profiboxer eine lange Durststrecke.
Synonyms
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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).