Strebsamkeit
German, noun[ˈʃtʁeːpzaːmkaɪ̯t]
Strebsamkeit is spelled S-T-R-E-B-S-A-M-K-E-I-T (12 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written German, the 317,631st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Strebsamkeit is a German feminine noun meaning “eagerness; ambitiousness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Eigenschaft, strebsam zu sein, etwas erreichen zu wollen”.
What does Strebsamkeit mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineeagerness; ambitiousness
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Eigenschaft, strebsam zu sein, etwas erreichen zu wollen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce Strebsamkeit?
- [ˈʃtʁeːpzaːmkaɪ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Strebsamkeit in German?
Strebsamkeit appears about once in every 30 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).