Streber
Letters
7 characters
Frequency Rank
#38,434
in German word usage
Misspellings
11
tracked variants
Confusables
13
similar word pairs
Streber is aGermannoun. It means: jemand, der mit übermäßig viel Fleiß, Zielstrebigkeit und Ehrgeiz auf die eigene Laufbahn, vor allem in der Schule, aber auch in Ausbildung, Studium und Beruf, hinarbeitet Pronounced [ˈʃtʁeːbɐ]. Often confused with street and strebt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Streber |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃtʁeːbɐ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #38,434 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Streber is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃtʁeːbɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #38,434 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for Streber, with forms such as "srteber", "sstreber", and "sterber". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "street", "strebt", "streuen", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Streber, spelled S-T-R-E-B-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1jemand, der mit übermäßig viel Fleiß, Zielstrebigkeit und Ehrgeiz auf die eigene Laufbahn, vor allem in der Schule, aber auch in Ausbildung, Studium und Beruf, hinarbeitet
- 2ein Fisch des Donaugebiets
- 3Widerstreiter
- 4Teil des Salinenofens im Salzbergbau
- 5Teil der Schiffstakelung, das dazu dient, die Klüverbackstage zu spreizen
- 6wertneutrale Bezeichnung für einen Menschen, der irgendetwas anstrebt
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: srteber,sstreber,sterber,strbeer,strebber,streberr,strebre,streebr,strreber,sttreber,tsreber
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Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Streber
Misspelling Variants of "Streber"
Frequency rank: #38,434 in German
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