Querstreifen
German, noun/ˈkveːɐ̯ˌʃtʁaɪ̯fn̩/
Querstreifen is spelled Q-U-E-R-S-T-R-E-I-F-E-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 75,468th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Querstreifen is a German masculine noun meaning “horizontal stripe” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “quer verlaufender Streifen”.
What does Querstreifen mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehorizontal stripe
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. quer verlaufender Streifen
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 Querstreifen
- Querstreifens genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Querstreifen?
- /ˈkveːɐ̯ˌʃtʁaɪ̯fn̩/
- [ˈkveːɐ̯ˌʃtʁaɪ̯fn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Querstreifen in German?
Querstreifen appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).