Seitenstreifen

/[ˈzaɪ̯tn̩ˌʃtʁaɪ̯fn̩]/ noun

Letters

14 characters

Frequency Rank

#56,523

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Seitenstreifen is aGermannoun. It means: befestigter oder unbefestigter Randstreifen neben der Fahrbahn Pronounced [ˈzaɪ̯tn̩ˌʃtʁaɪ̯fn̩].

Key facts for Seitenstreifen
PropertyValue
HeadwordSeitenstreifen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈzaɪ̯tn̩ˌʃtʁaɪ̯fn̩]
Letters14
Frequency rank#56,523
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Seitenstreifen in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Seitenstreifen is 14 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈzaɪ̯tn̩ˌʃtʁaɪ̯fn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #56,523 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "befestigter oder unbefestigter Randstreifen neben der Fahrbahn".

No misspelling variants are generated for Seitenstreifen in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Seitenstreifen, spelled S-E-I-T-E-N-S-T-R-E-I-F-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    befestigter oder unbefestigter Randstreifen neben der Fahrbahn

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #56,523 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Seitenstreifen"?
"Seitenstreifen" is spelled S-E-I-T-E-N-S-T-R-E-I-F-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈzaɪ̯tn̩ˌʃtʁaɪ̯fn̩].
What does "Seitenstreifen" mean?
As a noun, "Seitenstreifen" means: befestigter oder unbefestigter Randstreifen neben der Fahrbahn
How do you pronounce "Seitenstreifen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Seitenstreifen" is [ˈzaɪ̯tn̩ˌʃtʁaɪ̯fn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Seitenstreifen" come from?
"Seitenstreifen" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.