Glückssträhne
[ˈɡlʏksˌʃtʁɛːnə]
The verdict
“Glückssträhne” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Reihe positiver Ereignisse
Corpus desk
Index DE-glucksstrahne · Glückssträhne · German
Glückssträhne · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Glückssträhne |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡlʏksˌʃtʁɛːnə] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Glückssträhne“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Glückssträhne is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡlʏksˌʃtʁɛːnə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Reihe positiver Ereignisse".
Glückssträhne doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Glückssträhne, spelled G-L-Ü-C-K-S-S-T-R-Ä-H-N-E.
Definition
- 1Reihe positiver Ereignisse
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Glückssträhne appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der Nachbar am Roulettetisch hat eine Glückssträhne. Zwei Mal hintereinander kommt die grüne Doppelnull; ein Feld, das es in Europa nicht gibt und das den Vorteil der Bank erhöht. Der Amerikaner aber hat beide Male einen Haufen Jetons auf eben dieses Feld gesetzt und sitzt nun vor etwa 20 000 Dollar.“
„So wartete ich auf eine neue Glückssträhne.“
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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.