strohdumm
[ˈʃtʁoːˈdʊm]
The verdict
“strohdumm” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - außerordentlich dumm
Corpus desk
Index DE-strohdumm · strohdumm · German
strohdumm · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | strohdumm |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʃtʁoːˈdʊm] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „strohdumm“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
strohdumm is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʃtʁoːˈdʊm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "außerordentlich dumm".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for strohdumm, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is strohdumm, spelled S-T-R-O-H-D-U-M-M.
Definition
- 1außerordentlich dumm
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how strohdumm appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Diesen Jungen halte ich für strohdumm.
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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.