sträubt

[ʃtʁɔɪ̯pt]

/[ʃtʁɔɪ̯pt]/ verb

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The verdict

“sträubt” is uncommon German (frequency #55,749 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,749
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs sträuben

Corpus desk

Index DE-straubt · sträubt · German

sträubt · rank #55,749 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,749
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH stretch

Nearest frequency peer: stretch (-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 „sträubt“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sträubt
PropertyValue
Headwordsträubt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ʃtʁɔɪ̯pt]
Letters7
Frequency rank#55,749
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „sträubt“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „stretch“ (#55,748), „suchend“ (#55,750), „summieren“ (#55,751). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „sträubt“ bei #55,749. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sträubt is uncommon German at frequency #55,749 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ʃtʁɔɪ̯pt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for sträubt in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is sträubt, spelled S-T-R-Ä-U-B-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs sträuben
  2. 2
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs sträuben
  3. 3
    2. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs sträuben

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 "sträubt"?
"sträubt" is spelled S-T-R-Ä-U-B-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ʃtʁɔɪ̯pt].
What does "sträubt" mean?
As a verb, "sträubt" means: 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs sträuben
How do you pronounce "sträubt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sträubt" is [ʃtʁɔɪ̯pt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sträubt" come from?
"sträubt" 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 "sträubt", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

stretch#55,748suchend#55,750Syrakus#55,753started#55,738

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list