Strecker

[ˈʃtʁɛkɐ]

/[ˈʃtʁɛkɐ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Strecker” is uncommon German (frequency #51,719 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,719
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Skelettmuskel, der eine Streckung eines Gelenks vollzieht

Corpus desk

Index DE-strecker · Strecker · German

Strecker · rank #51,719 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,719
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Streichholz

Nearest frequency peer: Streichholz (+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 „Strecker“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Strecker
PropertyValue
HeadwordStrecker
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃtʁɛkɐ]
Letters8
Frequency rank#51,719
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Strecker“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Streckerfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Streichholz“ (#51,720), „Strafsachen“ (#51,717), „Stockach“ (#51,716). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Strecker“ bei #51,719. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Strecker is uncommon German at frequency #51,719 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃtʁɛkɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Skelettmuskel, der eine Streckung eines Gelenks vollzieht".

Strecker doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 Strecker, spelled S-T-R-E-C-K-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Skelettmuskel, der eine Streckung eines Gelenks vollzieht

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Strecker appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Aber ebenso wie es Beuger und Strecker gibt, muss auch der Denkmuskel verschiedene Aufgaben erledigen.“

Synonyms

ExtensorStreckmuskel

Antonyms

BeugemuskelBeugerFlexor

This word in other languages

extensor(English)

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 "Strecker"?
"Strecker" is spelled S-T-R-E-C-K-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃtʁɛkɐ].
What does "Strecker" mean?
As a noun, "Strecker" means: Skelettmuskel, der eine Streckung eines Gelenks vollzieht
How do you pronounce "Strecker"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Strecker" is [ˈʃtʁɛkɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Strecker" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Strecker", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Stockach#51,716Sturheit#51,726Stallone#51,710Songtext#51,694

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list