strack

[ʃtʁak]

/[ʃtʁak]/ adj

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The verdict

“strack” is uncommon German (frequency #55,744 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,744
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - gerade, steif, straff

Corpus desk

Index DE-strack · strack · German

strack · rank #55,744 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,744
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Straffreiheit

Nearest frequency peer: Straffreiheit (+1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „strack“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „strack“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for strack
PropertyValue
Headwordstrack
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ʃtʁak]
Letters6
Frequency rank#55,744
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „strack“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).strackfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Straffreiheit“ (#55,745), „Stichworten“ (#55,742), „Steuerungen“ (#55,741). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „strack“ bei #55,744. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

strack is uncommon German at frequency #55,744 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ʃtʁak]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for strack, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is strack, spelled S-T-R-A-C-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    gerade, steif, straff
  2. 2
    faul, behäbig, bequem
  3. 3
    stark betrunken

Synonyms

geradesteifstrafffaulbehäbigbequemblau

This word in other languages

straight(English)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "strack"?
"strack" is spelled S-T-R-A-C-K. The IPA pronunciation is [ʃtʁak].
What does "strack" mean?
As an adjective, "strack" means: gerade, steif, straff
How do you pronounce "strack"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "strack" is [ʃtʁak]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "strack" come from?
"strack" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "strack", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

tabula#55,757Tycoon#55,780Sequel#55,707umarme#55,781

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list