Sträfling
German, noun[ˈʃtʁɛːflɪŋ]
Sträfling is spelled S-T-R-Ä-F-L-I-N-G (9 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 90,067th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sträfling is a German masculine noun meaning “prison inmate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in einem Gefängnis seine Straftat absitzender Straftäter”.
What does Sträfling mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineprison inmate
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. in einem Gefängnis seine Straftat absitzender Straftäter
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 Sträfling
- Sträflinges genitive
- Sträflings genitive
- Sträflinge plural
- Sträflingen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Sträfling?
- [ˈʃtʁɛːflɪŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Sträfling
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Sträfling in German?
Sträfling appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).