Strafkammer
[ˈʃtʁaːfˌkamɐ]
The verdict
“Strafkammer” is uncommon German (frequency #54,116 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,116
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Deutsches Gericht, A) das für Berufungsverfahrenen in Entscheidungen von Strafsachen von Amtsgerichten zuständig ist und B) vor dem in erster Instanz bei schweren Straftaten, beispielsweise Tötungs...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Strafkammer |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃtʁaːfˌkamɐ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #54,116 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Strafkammer” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Strafkammer is uncommon German at frequency #54,116 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃtʁaːfˌkamɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Strafkammer in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Strafkammer, spelled S-T-R-A-F-K-A-M-M-E-R.
Definition
- 1Deutsches Gericht, A) das für Berufungsverfahrenen in Entscheidungen von Strafsachen von Amtsgerichten zuständig ist und B) vor dem in erster Instanz bei schweren Straftaten, beispielsweise Tötungsdelikten, verhandelt wird
- 2Gericht, das außerhalb deutscher Gerichtsbarkeit Straftaten verhandelt
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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.
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Using “Strafkammer”
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- The one correct German spelling is S-T-R-A-F-K-A-M-M-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.