Pannenstreifen
German, noun[ˈpanənˌʃtʁaɪ̯fn̩]
Pannenstreifen is spelled P-A-N-N-E-N-S-T-R-E-I-F-E-N (14 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written German, the 165,772nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pannenstreifen is a German masculine noun meaning “hard shoulder, emergency lane” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Fahrstreifen neben der Fahrbahn, der dem Abstellen von Fahrzeugen in Notfällen vorbehalten ist”.
What does Pannenstreifen mean in English?
noun
- 1
AustriaSwitzerlandmasculinehard shoulder, emergency lane
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fahrstreifen neben der Fahrbahn, der dem Abstellen von Fahrzeugen in Notfällen vorbehalten ist
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 Pannenstreifen
- Pannenstreifens genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Pannenstreifen?
- [ˈpanənˌʃtʁaɪ̯fn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Pannenstreifen in German?
Pannenstreifen appears about once in every 10 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).