Strohfeuer
[ˈʃtʁoːˌfɔɪ̯ɐ]
The verdict
“Strohfeuer” is uncommon German (frequency #79,789 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,789
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Brand von Stroh
Corpus desk
Index DE-strohfeuer · Strohfeuer · German
Strohfeuer · rank #79,789 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,789
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Stripperinnen
Nearest frequency peer: Stripperinnen (-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 „Strohfeuer“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- stressiger
stressiger
20,215 corpus weight
- Stripperinn…
Stripperinnen
20,213 corpus weight
- Strohfeuer
Strohfeuer
20,212 corpus weight
- stufenlos
stufenlos
20,211 corpus weight
- Stundenzahl
Stundenzahl
20,210 corpus weight
- Sturmhaube
Sturmhaube
20,209 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Strohfeuer“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Strohfeuer |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃtʁoːˌfɔɪ̯ɐ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #79,789 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Strohfeuer“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Strohfeuer is uncommon German at frequency #79,789 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃtʁoːˌfɔɪ̯ɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Strohfeuer, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Strohfeuer, spelled S-T-R-O-H-F-E-U-E-R.
Definition
- 1Brand von Stroh
- 2idiomatisch, oft abwertend: Umstand, der sich rasant ausbreitet oder anfänglich intensive Aktivität und Begeisterung zeigt, aber nicht lange anhält
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Strohfeuer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„In früheren Brandhäusern wurden Strohfeuer angezündet, um Brandrauch und damit schlechte Sicht und Hitze zu erzeugen.“
„Dabei werden Konjunkturprogramme über Subventionen als Strohfeuer verstanden, die langfristig mehr schaden als nutzen würden.“
Synonyms
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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