Strickjacke

[ˈʃtʁɪkˌjakə]

/[ˈʃtʁɪkˌjakə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Strickjacke” is uncommon German (frequency #54,119 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,119
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - gestrickte Jacke

Corpus desk

Index DE-strickjacke · Strickjacke · German

Strickjacke · rank #54,119 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,119
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Strategiespiel

Nearest frequency peer: Strategiespiel (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Strickjacke“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Strickjacke“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Strickjacke
PropertyValue
HeadwordStrickjacke
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃtʁɪkˌjakə]
Letters11
Frequency rank#54,119
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Strickjacke“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Strickjackefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Strategiespiel“ (#54,118), „strittige“ (#54,120), „Strümpfen“ (#54,121). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Strickjacke“ bei #54,119. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Strickjacke is uncommon German at frequency #54,119 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃtʁɪkˌjakə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "gestrickte Jacke".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Strickjacke, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 Strickjacke, spelled S-T-R-I-C-K-J-A-C-K-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    gestrickte Jacke

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Strickjacke appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Weil mein Vater seine Strickjacke tagtäglich trägt, ist sie mittlerweile völlig ausgeleiert.
  2. „Aber Dincklages Bursche hatte den Ofen in der Schreibstube geheizt, so daß sie die Strickjacke ausziehen konnte.“

Synonyms

Strickjoppe

Antonyms

StrickkleidStrickmantel

This word in other languages

cardigan(English)sweater(Español)gilet(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Strickjacke"?
"Strickjacke" is spelled S-T-R-I-C-K-J-A-C-K-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃtʁɪkˌjakə].
What does "Strickjacke" mean?
As a noun, "Strickjacke" means: gestrickte Jacke
How do you pronounce "Strickjacke"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Strickjacke" is [ˈʃtʁɪkˌjakə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Strickjacke" come from?
"Strickjacke" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Strickjacke", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Strafkammer#54,116Startplätze#54,108Tagesklinik#54,136spekulative#54,094

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list