Störenfried
German, noun[ˈʃtøːʁənˌfʁiːt]
Störenfried is spelled S-T-Ö-R-E-N-F-R-I-E-D (11 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 70,098th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Störenfried is a German masculine noun meaning “gadfly, troublemaker, disruptor, mischief-maker (male or of unspecified gender)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Person, die mit ihren Handlungen etwas/jemanden stört”.
What does Störenfried mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegadfly, troublemaker, disruptor, mischief-maker (male or of unspecified gender)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Person, die mit ihren Handlungen etwas/jemanden stört
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 Störenfried
- Störenfriedes genitive
- Störenfrieds genitive
- Störenfriede plural
- Störenfriedin feminine
- Störenfrieden dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Störenfried?
- [ˈʃtøːʁənˌfʁiːt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Störenfried
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Störenfried in German?
Störenfried 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).