Kondensstreifen
[kɔnˈdɛnsˌʃtʁaɪ̯fn̩]
The verdict
“Kondensstreifen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - künstliche Wolken, die von den Abgasen von Flugzeugen oder Raketen erzeugt werden
Corpus desk
Index DE-kondensstreifen · Kondensstreifen · German
Kondensstreifen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "K" 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 | Kondensstreifen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kɔnˈdɛnsˌʃtʁaɪ̯fn̩] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kondensstreifen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kondensstreifen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [kɔnˈdɛnsˌʃtʁaɪ̯fn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Kondensstreifen, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists 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 Kondensstreifen, spelled K-O-N-D-E-N-S-S-T-R-E-I-F-E-N.
Definition
- 1künstliche Wolken, die von den Abgasen von Flugzeugen oder Raketen erzeugt werden
- 2Abrieb von Fäkalien in der Unterhose
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kondensstreifen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Vom Flugzeug war nur noch der Kondensstreifen zu sehen.
„Kondensstreifen sind Eiskristalle, die in der Regel in der oberen Troposphäre entstehen, in einer Höhe zwischen 8.000 und 12.000 Metern, wenn heiße, wasserdampfhaltige Abgase aus Flugzeugtriebwerken auf kalte Luft treffen.“
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.