Strippenzieher
German, noun/ˈʃtʁɪpn̩ˌt͡siːɐ/
Strippenzieher is spelled S-T-R-I-P-P-E-N-Z-I-E-H-E-R (14 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 85,035th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Strippenzieher is a German masculine noun meaning “string puller, puppet master, mastermind, svengali” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Person, die im Hintergrund eigene oder fremde Interessen durchsetzt, ohne das Dritte das erkennen können”.
What does Strippenzieher mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinestring puller, puppet master, mastermind, svengali
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Person, die im Hintergrund eigene oder fremde Interessen durchsetzt, ohne das Dritte das erkennen können 2. Person, die Kabel verlegt; Elektriker
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Strippenzieher
- Strippenziehers genitive
- Strippenzieherin feminine
- Strippenziehern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Strippenzieher?
- /ˈʃtʁɪpn̩ˌt͡siːɐ/
- [ˈʃtʁɪpm̩ˌt͡siːɐ]
- [ˈʃtʁɪpn̩ˌt͡siːɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Strippenzieher
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Strippenzieher in German?
Strippenzieher appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).