Streitaxt
[ˈʃtʁaɪ̯tˌʔakst]
The verdict
“Streitaxt” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Militär, historisch: eine primär als Waffe konzipierte Axt
Corpus desk
Index DE-streitaxt · Streitaxt · German
Streitaxt · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Streitaxt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃtʁaɪ̯tˌʔakst] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Streitaxt“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Streitaxt is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃtʁaɪ̯tˌʔakst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Militär, historisch: eine primär als Waffe konzipierte Axt".
Streitaxt doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Streitaxt, spelled S-T-R-E-I-T-A-X-T.
Definition
- 1Militär, historisch: eine primär als Waffe konzipierte Axt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Streitaxt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Neben Pfeil und Bogen gehört die Streitaxt mit zu den ältesten Waffen der Menschheit.“
„Bald nach dem Massaker stürmen Indianer auf die Grönländer zu, schwingen steinerne Tomahawks und schießen mit Pfeil und Bogen - steinzeitliche Waffen, die den eisernen Schwertern und Streitäxten der Wikinger aber kaum unterlegen sind.“
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.