strafbaren

[ˈʃtʁaːfbaːʁən]

/[ˈʃtʁaːfbaːʁən]/ adj

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The verdict

“strafbaren” is uncommon German (frequency #52,460 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,460
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs strafbar

Corpus desk

Index DE-strafbaren · strafbaren · German

strafbaren · rank #52,460 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,460
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Strafgesetzbu…

Nearest frequency peer: Strafgesetzbuches (+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 „strafbaren“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for strafbaren
PropertyValue
Headwordstrafbaren
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈʃtʁaːfbaːʁən]
Letters10
Frequency rank#52,460
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „strafbaren“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.strafbarenfällt 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: „Strafgesetzbuches“ (#52,461), „stimmungsvollen“ (#52,458), „Streitfall“ (#52,462). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „strafbaren“ bei #52,460. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

strafbaren is uncommon German at frequency #52,460 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʃtʁaːfbaːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 12 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for strafbaren, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is strafbaren, spelled S-T-R-A-F-B-A-R-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs strafbar
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs strafbar
  3. 3
    Genitiv Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs strafbar
  4. 4
    Dativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs strafbar
  5. 5
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs strafbar
  6. 6
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs strafbar
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs strafbar
  8. 8
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs strafbar
  9. 9
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs strafbar
  10. 10
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs strafbar
  11. 11
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs strafbar
  12. 12
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs strafbar

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 "strafbaren"?
"strafbaren" is spelled S-T-R-A-F-B-A-R-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃtʁaːfbaːʁən].
What does "strafbaren" mean?
As an adjective, "strafbaren" means: Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs strafbar
How do you pronounce "strafbaren"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "strafbaren" is [ˈʃtʁaːfbaːʁən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "strafbaren" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Streitfall#52,462Spielwiese#52,445Talstation#52,479sommerlich#52,433

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list