strapaziös
[ʃtʁapaˈt͡si̯øːs]
The verdict
“strapaziös” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as an adjective - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - so, dass es körperlich oder geistig anstrengend ist und nach und nach jemanden auslaugt; mit Strapazen verbunden; für jemanden voller Schwierigkeiten seiend
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | strapaziös |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ʃtʁapaˈt͡si̯øːs] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “strapaziös” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for strapaziös is 10 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʃtʁapaˈt͡si̯øːs]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "so, dass es körperlich oder geistig anstrengend ist und nach und nach jemanden auslaugt; mit Strapazen verbunden; für jemanden voller Schwierigkeiten seiend".
No misspelling variants are generated for strapaziös in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is strapaziös, spelled S-T-R-A-P-A-Z-I-Ö-S.
Definition
- 1so, dass es körperlich oder geistig anstrengend ist und nach und nach jemanden auslaugt; mit Strapazen verbunden; für jemanden voller Schwierigkeiten seiend
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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.
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Using “strapaziös”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-T-R-A-P-A-Z-I-Ö-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ʃtʁapaˈt͡si̯øːs] (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.