Strapaze
[ʃtʁaˈpaːt͡sə]
The verdict
“Strapaze” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine große, anhaltende Anstrengung
Corpus desk
Index DE-strapaze · Strapaze · German
Strapaze · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Strapaze |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʃtʁaˈpaːt͡sə] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Strapaze“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Strapaze is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʃtʁaˈpaːt͡sə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine große, anhaltende Anstrengung".
Strapaze doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Strapaze, spelled S-T-R-A-P-A-Z-E.
Definition
- 1eine große, anhaltende Anstrengung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Strapaze appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er muss sich von den Strapazen der Reise erholen.
„Jakob Becker, der kaufmännische Leiter aus Frankfurt, war 41 Jahre alt, als ihn die Strapazen der modernen Arbeitswelt aus der Bahn warfen.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.