strampeln
[ˈʃtʁampl̩n]
The verdict
“strampeln” is an uncommon German word, ranked #78,591 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #78,591
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - mit den Beinen (und Armen) zappeln, mit den Füßen abwechselnd in die Luft treten (besonders von kleinen Kindern)
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | strampeln |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʃtʁampl̩n] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #78,591 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “strampeln” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for strampeln is 9 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃtʁampl̩n]. Corpus data places it at rank #78,591 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for strampeln in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is strampeln, spelled S-T-R-A-M-P-E-L-N.
Definition
- 1mit den Beinen (und Armen) zappeln, mit den Füßen abwechselnd in die Luft treten (besonders von kleinen Kindern)
- 2die Pedale (beim Fahrrad, Tretboot oder Ähnlichem) treten
- 3angestrengt Rad fahren
Synonyms
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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 “strampeln”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-T-R-A-M-P-E-L-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʃtʁampl̩n] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.