Strichmännchen
[ˈʃtʁɪçˌmɛnçən]
The verdict
“Strichmännchen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - auf wenige Striche reduzierte bildliche Darstellung eines Menschen
Corpus desk
Index DE-strichmannchen · Strichmännchen · German
Strichmännchen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 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 | Strichmännchen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃtʁɪçˌmɛnçən] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Strichmännchen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Strichmännchen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃtʁɪçˌmɛnçən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "auf wenige Striche reduzierte bildliche Darstellung eines Menschen".
Strichmännchen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Strichmännchen, spelled S-T-R-I-C-H-M-Ä-N-N-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1auf wenige Striche reduzierte bildliche Darstellung eines Menschen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Strichmännchen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Auf die Tische im Klassenzimmer waren allerlei Sprüche und Strichmännchen gemalt.
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.