Stratege

[ʃtʁaˈteːɡə]

/[ʃtʁaˈteːɡə]/ noun

The verdict

“Stratege” is uncommon German (frequency #53,274 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,274
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemand, der sich eine Strategie überlegt; jemand, der strategisch vorgeht

Corpus desk

Index DE-stratege · Stratege · German

Stratege · rank #53,274 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,274
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH strammen

Nearest frequency peer: strammen (-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 „Stratege“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Stratege
PropertyValue
HeadwordStratege
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ʃtʁaˈteːɡə]
Letters8
Frequency rank#53,274
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Stratege“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Strategefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „strammen“ (#53,273), „strengsten“ (#53,275), „Strahlenbelastung“ (#53,272). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Stratege“ bei #53,274. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Stratege is uncommon German at frequency #53,274 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʃtʁaˈteːɡə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemand, der sich eine Strategie überlegt; jemand, der strategisch vorgeht".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Stratege, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Stratege, spelled S-T-R-A-T-E-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    jemand, der sich eine Strategie überlegt; jemand, der strategisch vorgeht

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Rund 85 Prozent aller Audi A6 werden in Deutschland an Geschäftskunden verkauft - da ist es kaum verwunderlich, wenn die Ingolstädter Strategen auch bei der Produktaufwertung des A6 diese Klientel besonders im Visier haben.“
  2. „Er ist auch ein Stratege der Gesprächsführung.“

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 "Stratege"?
"Stratege" is spelled S-T-R-A-T-E-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ʃtʁaˈteːɡə].
What does "Stratege" mean?
As a noun, "Stratege" means: jemand, der sich eine Strategie überlegt; jemand, der strategisch vorgeht
How do you pronounce "Stratege"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Stratege" is [ʃtʁaˈteːɡə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Stratege" come from?
"Stratege" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Stratege", 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