Strohhalme

[ˈʃtʁoːˌhalmə]

/[ˈʃtʁoːˌhalmə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Strohhalme” is uncommon German (frequency #59,221 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,221
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Strohhalm

Corpus desk

Index DE-strohhalme · Strohhalme · German

Strohhalme · rank #59,221 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #59,221
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Studentenleben

Nearest frequency peer: Studentenleben (+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 „Strohhalme“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Strohhalme
PropertyValue
HeadwordStrohhalme
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃtʁoːˌhalmə]
Letters10
Frequency rank#59,221
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Strohhalme“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Strohhalmefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Studentenleben“ (#59,222), „strap“ (#59,219), „Strafantrag“ (#59,218). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Strohhalme“ bei #59,221. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Strohhalme is uncommon German at frequency #59,221 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃtʁoːˌhalmə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for Strohhalme in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. 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.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Strohhalme, spelled S-T-R-O-H-H-A-L-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Strohhalm
  2. 2
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Strohhalm
  3. 3
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Strohhalm
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Strohhalm

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 "Strohhalme"?
"Strohhalme" is spelled S-T-R-O-H-H-A-L-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃtʁoːˌhalmə].
What does "Strohhalme" mean?
As a noun, "Strohhalme" means: Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Strohhalm
How do you pronounce "Strohhalme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Strohhalme" is [ˈʃtʁoːˌhalmə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Suchaktion#59,224Stadtrecht#59,208Staatsbahn#59,205Spieltages#59,199

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list