Seitenstreifen
German, noun/ˈzaɪ̯tənˌʃtʁaɪ̯fnən/
Seitenstreifen is spelled S-E-I-T-E-N-S-T-R-E-I-F-E-N (14 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 56,036th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Seitenstreifen is a German masculine noun meaning “verge, road verge” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “befestigter oder unbefestigter Randstreifen neben der Fahrbahn”.
What does Seitenstreifen mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineverge, road verge
- 2
colloquialmasculineshoulder
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. befestigter oder unbefestigter Randstreifen neben der Fahrbahn
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 Seitenstreifen
- Seitenstreifens genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Seitenstreifen?
- /ˈzaɪ̯tənˌʃtʁaɪ̯fnən/
- /ˈzaɪ̯tn̩ˌʃtʁaɪ̯fn̩/
- [ˈzaɪ̯tn̩ˌʃtʁaɪ̯fn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Seitenstreifen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Seitenstreifen in German?
Seitenstreifen appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).