Strategiespiel

[ʃtʁateˈɡiːˌʃpiːl]

/[ʃtʁateˈɡiːˌʃpiːl]/ noun

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The verdict

“Strategiespiel” is uncommon German (frequency #54,118 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,118
frequency rank, German
107,600
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Spiel, bei dem es auf eine langfristige Planung ankommt und Zufall/Glück keine oder nur eine untergeordnete Rolle spielt

Key facts for Strategiespiel
PropertyValue
HeadwordStrategiespiel
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ʃtʁateˈɡiːˌʃpiːl]
Letters14
Frequency rank#54,118
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Strategiespiel” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Strategiespiel lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Strategiespiel is uncommon German at frequency #54,118 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʃtʁateˈɡiːˌʃpiːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Spiel, bei dem es auf eine langfristige Planung ankommt und Zufall/Glück keine oder nur eine untergeordnete Rolle spielt".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Strategiespiel, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 Strategiespiel, spelled S-T-R-A-T-E-G-I-E-S-P-I-E-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Spiel, bei dem es auf eine langfristige Planung ankommt und Zufall/Glück keine oder nur eine untergeordnete Rolle spielt

Antonyms

Glücksspiel

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 "Strategiespiel"?
"Strategiespiel" is spelled S-T-R-A-T-E-G-I-E-S-P-I-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is [ʃtʁateˈɡiːˌʃpiːl].
What does "Strategiespiel" mean?
As a noun, "Strategiespiel" means: Spiel, bei dem es auf eine langfristige Planung ankommt und Zufall/Glück keine oder nur eine untergeordnete Rolle spielt
How do you pronounce "Strategiespiel"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Strategiespiel" is [ʃtʁateˈɡiːˌʃpiːl]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Strategiespiel" come from?
"Strategiespiel" 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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Using “Strategiespiel”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is S-T-R-A-T-E-G-I-E-S-P-I-E-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ʃtʁateˈɡiːˌʃpiːl] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list