streif
[ʃtʁaɪ̯f]
The verdict
“streif” is uncommon German (frequency #62,888 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,888
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs streifen
Corpus desk
Index DE-streif · streif · German
streif · rank #62,888 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,888
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Stromschnellen
Nearest frequency peer: Stromschnellen (+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 „streif“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Strafanstalt
Strafanstalt
37,116 corpus weight
- strahlten
strahlten
37,115 corpus weight
- streif
streif
37,113 corpus weight
- Stromschnel…
Stromschnellen
37,112 corpus weight
- strukturell…
strukturelles
37,111 corpus weight
- strömte
strömte
37,110 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „streif“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | streif |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ʃtʁaɪ̯f] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #62,888 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „streif“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
streif is uncommon German at frequency #62,888 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ʃtʁaɪ̯f]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs streifen".
No misspelling variants are generated for streif in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is streif, spelled S-T-R-E-I-F.
Definition
- 12. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs streifen
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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