strebten
[ˈʃtʁeːptn̩]
The verdict
“strebten” is uncommon German (frequency #61,962 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,962
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs streben
Corpus desk
Index DE-strebten · strebten · German
strebten · rank #61,962 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,962
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Strampler
Nearest frequency peer: Strampler (-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 „strebten“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- stinke
stinke
38,043 corpus weight
- Stirling
Stirling
38,042 corpus weight
- Strampler
Strampler
38,040 corpus weight
- strebten
strebten
38,039 corpus weight
- strenges
strenges
38,036 corpus weight
- stroke
stroke
38,035 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „strebten“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | strebten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʃtʁeːptn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #61,962 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „strebten“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
strebten is uncommon German at frequency #61,962 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʃtʁeːptn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for strebten in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is strebten, spelled S-T-R-E-B-T-E-N.
Definition
- 11. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs streben
- 21. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs streben
- 33. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs streben
- 43. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs streben
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.
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