straft

[ʃtʁaːft]

/[ʃtʁaːft]/ verb

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The verdict

“straft” is uncommon German (frequency #50,081 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,081
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs strafen

Corpus desk

Index DE-straft · straft · German

straft · rank #50,081 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,081
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Strafrechts

Nearest frequency peer: Strafrechts (-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 „straft“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for straft
PropertyValue
Headwordstraft
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ʃtʁaːft]
Letters6
Frequency rank#50,081
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „straft“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.straftfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Strafrechts“ (#50,080), „Strahlenschutz“ (#50,082), „Steueroasen“ (#50,078). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „straft“ bei #50,081. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

straft is uncommon German at frequency #50,081 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ʃtʁaːft]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for straft, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is straft, spelled S-T-R-A-F-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs strafen
  2. 2
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs strafen
  3. 3
    2. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs strafen

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 "straft"?
"straft" is spelled S-T-R-A-F-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ʃtʁaːft].
What does "straft" mean?
As a verb, "straft" means: 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs strafen
How do you pronounce "straft"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "straft" is [ʃtʁaːft]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "straft" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Tender#50,098Tories#50,109selige#50,042segnet#50,039

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list