Randstreifen
German, noun/ˈʁantˌʃtʁaɪ̯fn̩/
Randstreifen is spelled R-A-N-D-S-T-R-E-I-F-E-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 102,515th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Randstreifen is a German masculine noun meaning “margin strip, marginal strip” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “schmaler, länglicher Bereich am Rand”.
What does Randstreifen mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemargin strip, marginal strip
- 2
colloquialmasculineshoulder, verge
- 3
masculinea small strip between verge (Bankett) and lane (Fahrstreifen) or verge and shoulder (Seitenstreifen)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. schmaler, länglicher Bereich am Rand
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 Randstreifen
- Randstreifens genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Randstreifen?
- /ˈʁantˌʃtʁaɪ̯fn̩/
- [ˈʁantˌʃtʁaɪ̯fn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Randstreifen in German?
Randstreifen appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).