Straßburg
[ˈʃtʁaːsbʊʁk]
The verdict
“Straßburg” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - französische Großstadt, Hauptstadt des Departements Bas-Rhin und der Region Grand Est
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Straßburg |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃtʁaːsbʊʁk] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Straßburg” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Straßburg is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈʃtʁaːsbʊʁk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Straßburg in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Straßburg, spelled S-T-R-A-S-S-B-U-R-G.
Definition
- 1französische Großstadt, Hauptstadt des Departements Bas-Rhin und der Region Grand Est
- 2Gemeinde im Bezirk St. Veit an der Glan, Kärnten, Österreich
- 3Ortsteil der Stadt Hückeswagen im Oberbergischen Kreis, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
- 4deutscher Name der Stadt Aiud im Bezirk Alba (Siebenbürgen), Rumänien
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Straßburg”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-T-R-A-S-S-B-U-R-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʃtʁaːsbʊʁk] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.