Strafsenat

[ˈʃtʁaːfzeˌnaːt]

/[ˈʃtʁaːfzeˌnaːt]/ noun

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The verdict

“Strafsenat” is uncommon German (frequency #92,267 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,267
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - rechtsprechendes Organ für Strafsachen bei den Oberlandesgerichten und beim Bundesgerichtshof

Corpus desk

Index DE-strafsenat · Strafsenat · German

Strafsenat · rank #92,267 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #92,267
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Straflosigkeit

Nearest frequency peer: Straflosigkeit (-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 „Strafsenat“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Strafsenat
PropertyValue
HeadwordStrafsenat
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃtʁaːfzeˌnaːt]
Letters10
Frequency rank#92,267
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Strafsenat“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Strafsenatfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Straflosigkeit“ (#92,266), „strafbares“ (#92,265), „stringente“ (#92,269). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Strafsenat“ bei #92,267. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Strafsenat is uncommon German at frequency #92,267 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃtʁaːfzeˌnaːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "rechtsprechendes Organ für Strafsachen bei den Oberlandesgerichten und beim Bundesgerichtshof".

Strafsenat doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Strafsenat, spelled S-T-R-A-F-S-E-N-A-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    rechtsprechendes Organ für Strafsachen bei den Oberlandesgerichten und beim Bundesgerichtshof

Antonyms

SpezialsenatZivilsenat

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 "Strafsenat"?
"Strafsenat" is spelled S-T-R-A-F-S-E-N-A-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃtʁaːfzeˌnaːt].
What does "Strafsenat" mean?
As a noun, "Strafsenat" means: rechtsprechendes Organ für Strafsachen bei den Oberlandesgerichten und beim Bundesgerichtshof
How do you pronounce "Strafsenat"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Strafsenat" is [ˈʃtʁaːfzeˌnaːt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Strafsenat" come from?
"Strafsenat" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

strafbares#92,265stringente#92,269subsumiert#92,273steigendes#92,260

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list