Sträfling
[ˈʃtʁɛːflɪŋ]
The verdict
“Sträfling” is uncommon German (frequency #90,949 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,949
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in einem Gefängnis seine Straftat absitzender Straftäter
Corpus desk
Index DE-strafling · Sträfling · German
Sträfling · rank #90,949 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,949
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH stromabwärts
Nearest frequency peer: stromabwärts (-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 „Sträfling“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Streitigkeit
Streitigkeit
9,055 corpus weight
- strengem
strengem
9,054 corpus weight
- stromabwärts
stromabwärts
9,053 corpus weight
- Sträfling
Sträfling
9,052 corpus weight
- Studienrich…
Studienrichtungen
9,051 corpus weight
- störendes
störendes
9,049 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Sträfling“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sträfling |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃtʁɛːflɪŋ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #90,949 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Sträfling“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Sträfling is uncommon German at frequency #90,949 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃtʁɛːflɪŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "in einem Gefängnis seine Straftat absitzender Straftäter".
Zero misspellings are on record for Sträfling in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Sträfling, spelled S-T-R-Ä-F-L-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1in einem Gefängnis seine Straftat absitzender Straftäter
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Sträfling appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Sträfling sitzt im Gefängnis.
„Die Habseligkeiten der Sträflinge mussten zwischen den Beinen auf dem Boden gestapelt werden.“
This word in other languages
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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