Streitwagen
[ˈʃtʁaɪ̯tˌvaːɡn̩]
The verdict
“Streitwagen” is uncommon German (frequency #79,785 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,785
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Antike: von Pferden gezogener Wagen, der im Kampf eingesetzt wird
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Streitwagen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃtʁaɪ̯tˌvaːɡn̩] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #79,785 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Streitwagen” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Streitwagen is uncommon German at frequency #79,785 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃtʁaɪ̯tˌvaːɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Antike: von Pferden gezogener Wagen, der im Kampf eingesetzt wird".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Streitwagen in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented 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 Streitwagen, spelled S-T-R-E-I-T-W-A-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1Antike: von Pferden gezogener Wagen, der im Kampf eingesetzt wird
This word in other languages
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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Using “Streitwagen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-T-R-E-I-T-W-A-G-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.