stranden

[ˈʃtʁandn̩]

/[ˈʃtʁandn̩]/ verb

The verdict

“stranden” is uncommon German (frequency #76,232 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,232
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (mit einem Schiff) auf Strand laufen

Corpus desk

Index DE-stranden · stranden · German

stranden · rank #76,232 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #76,232
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Straftatbestä…

Nearest frequency peer: Straftatbestände (-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 „stranden“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for stranden
PropertyValue
Headwordstranden
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈʃtʁandn̩]
Letters8
Frequency rank#76,232
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „stranden“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).strandenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Straftatbestände“ (#76,231), „strapazieren“ (#76,233), „Stoffel“ (#76,228). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „stranden“ bei #76,232. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

stranden is uncommon German at frequency #76,232 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʃtʁandn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for stranden, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is stranden, spelled S-T-R-A-N-D-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    (mit einem Schiff) auf Strand laufen
  2. 2
    mit einem Vorhaben scheitern

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how stranden appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Als die Ankerkette gebrochen war, vertrieb die Bark und strandete auf Terschelling.
  2. Immer wieder stranden Boote auf ihrer Irrfahrt auf Jamaika, Kuba oder den Bahamas, wo die Insassen in Gefängnissen landen, ehe sie in ihre Heimat abgeschoben werden.

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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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "stranden"?
"stranden" is spelled S-T-R-A-N-D-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃtʁandn̩].
What does "stranden" mean?
As a verb, "stranden" means: (mit einem Schiff) auf Strand laufen
How do you pronounce "stranden"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "stranden" is [ˈʃtʁandn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "stranden" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list