strapazieren

/[ˌʃtʁapaˈt͡siːʁən]/ verb

Letters

12 characters

Frequency Rank

#76,233

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

strapazieren is aGermanverb. It means: etwas stark beanspruchen, gebrauchen Pronounced [ˌʃtʁapaˈt͡siːʁən].

Key facts for strapazieren
PropertyValue
Headwordstrapazieren
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˌʃtʁapaˈt͡siːʁən]
Letters12
Frequency rank#76,233
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of strapazieren in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for strapazieren is 12 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌʃtʁapaˈt͡siːʁən]. Corpus data places it at rank #76,233 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for strapazieren in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is strapazieren, spelled S-T-R-A-P-A-Z-I-E-R-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    etwas stark beanspruchen, gebrauchen
  2. 2
    jemanden sehr anstrengen, belasten
  3. 3
    sehr häufig benutzen, spielen
  4. 4
    sich selbst sehr belasten, anstrengen, sich abarbeiten
  5. 5
    misshandeln
  6. 6
    fehlerhaft zeichnen

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #76,233 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "strapazieren"?
"strapazieren" is spelled S-T-R-A-P-A-Z-I-E-R-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌʃtʁapaˈt͡siːʁən].
What does "strapazieren" mean?
As a verb, "strapazieren" means: etwas stark beanspruchen, gebrauchen
How do you pronounce "strapazieren"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "strapazieren" is [ˌʃtʁapaˈt͡siːʁən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "strapazieren" come from?
"strapazieren" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.