stripe
[stɹaɪp]
The verdict
“stripe” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Streifen (andersfarbige), Strich
Corpus desk
Index DE-stripe · stripe · German
stripe · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | stripe |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [stɹaɪp] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „stripe“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
stripe is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [stɹaɪp]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
stripe 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, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 stripe, spelled S-T-R-I-P-E.
Definition
- 1Streifen (andersfarbige), Strich
- 2Tresse, Ärmelstreifen, Streifen
- 3Striemen
- 4Peitschenhieb, Hieb
- 5Sorte (amerikanisch), Schlag
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.