strapazierfähig
[ʃtʁapaˈt͡siːɐ̯ˌfɛːɪç]
The verdict
“strapazierfähig” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in der Lage, gewissen Beanspruchungen, Belastungen standhalten zu können
Corpus desk
Index DE-strapazierfahig · strapazierfähig · German
strapazierfähig · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | strapazierfähig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ʃtʁapaˈt͡siːɐ̯ˌfɛːɪç] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „strapazierfähig“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
strapazierfähig is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ʃtʁapaˈt͡siːɐ̯ˌfɛːɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "in der Lage, gewissen Beanspruchungen, Belastungen standhalten zu können".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for strapazierfähig, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is strapazierfähig, spelled S-T-R-A-P-A-Z-I-E-R-F-Ä-H-I-G.
Definition
- 1in der Lage, gewissen Beanspruchungen, Belastungen standhalten zu können
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how strapazierfähig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Außerdem, sagt der Typ, sind Ohren strapazierfähig.“
„Penny trug einen strapazierfähigen, modischen Jil-Sander-Hosenanzug.“
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.