sträuben

[ˈʃtʁɔɪ̯bn̩]

/[ˈʃtʁɔɪ̯bn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“sträuben” is uncommon German (frequency #57,443 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,443
frequency rank, German
107,600
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Haare) sich aufrecht stellen

Key facts for sträuben
PropertyValue
Headwordsträuben
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈʃtʁɔɪ̯bn̩]
Letters8
Frequency rank#57,443
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “sträuben” 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). sträuben lands here:

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

Rare enough to double-check

sträuben is uncommon German at frequency #57,443 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʃtʁɔɪ̯bn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

sträuben doesn't appear in our generated misspelling 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, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 sträuben, spelled S-T-R-Ä-U-B-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    (Haare) sich aufrecht stellen
  2. 2
    sich (merklich, aber nicht allzu stark) gegen etwas wehren, das man nicht will

Antonyms

akzeptiereneinwilligenfügen

This word in other languages

stand on end(English)se hérisser(Français)

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 "sträuben"?
"sträuben" is spelled S-T-R-Ä-U-B-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃtʁɔɪ̯bn̩].
What does "sträuben" mean?
As a verb, "sträuben" means: (Haare) sich aufrecht stellen
How do you pronounce "sträuben"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sträuben" is [ˈʃtʁɔɪ̯bn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sträuben" come from?
"sträuben" 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 “sträuben”

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

  • The one correct German spelling is S-T-R-Ä-U-B-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈʃtʁɔɪ̯bn̩] (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

Other uncommon German words near this rank

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