Streit
German, noun/ʃtʁaɪ̯t/
Streit is spelled S-T-R-E-I-T (6 letters) and appears 41 times per million words in written German, the 2,063rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Streit is a German masculine noun meaning “quarrel, dispute, fight, argument” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “heftig ausgetragene Kollision von Interessen oder Meinungen”.
What does Streit mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinequarrel, dispute, fight, argument
Streit um des Kaisers Bart
- 2
masculinefight, battle
Streitaxt
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. heftig ausgetragene Kollision von Interessen oder Meinungen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Streit
- Streites genitive
- Streits genitive
- Streite plural
- Streiten dative definite plural
- Str. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Streit?
- /ʃtʁaɪ̯t/
- [ʃtʁaɪ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Streit
- words
- conflict
- argument
- row
- dispute
- contention
- disagreement
- feud
- hassle
- discord
- strife
- quarrel
- spat
- altercation
- wrangle
- miff
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Streit in German?
Streit appears 41 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).