streunen
[ˈʃtʁɔɪ̯nən]
The verdict
“streunen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich ohne konkretes Ziel herumtreiben
Corpus desk
Index DE-streunen · streunen · German
streunen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | streunen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʃtʁɔɪ̯nən] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „streunen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
streunen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʃtʁɔɪ̯nən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sich ohne konkretes Ziel herumtreiben".
streunen has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is streunen, spelled S-T-R-E-U-N-E-N.
Definition
- 1sich ohne konkretes Ziel herumtreiben
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how streunen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Denn sie wissen nichts zu tun und streunen durch die Straßen.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.