Strafe
German, noun
Strafe is spelled S-T-R-A-F-E (6 letters) and appears 32 times per million words in written German, the 2,547th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Strafe is a German feminine noun meaning “punishment” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, strafe is a different word: “first-person singular and imperative of strafen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Sanktion, wegen Fehlverhalten erhaltene Reaktion”.
What does Strafe mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepunishment
eine angemessene Strafe
- 2
femininepenalty
- 3
femininefine
verb
- 1
first-person singular and imperative of strafen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sanktion, wegen Fehlverhalten erhaltene Reaktion 2. Geldstrafe
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 Strafe
- Strafen plural
- Str. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Strafe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Strafe in German?
Strafe appears 32 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).