Strohwitwe
German, noun/ˈʃtʁoːvɪtvə/
Strohwitwe is spelled S-T-R-O-H-W-I-T-W-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 58 million words in written German, the 464,147th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Strohwitwe is a German feminine noun meaning “grass widow (married woman whose spouse is away)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “vorübergehend zurückbleibende Partnerin in einer Lebensgemeinschaft, deren Partner beziehungsweise Partnerin…”.
What does Strohwitwe mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialfemininegrass widow (married woman whose spouse is away)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. vorübergehend zurückbleibende Partnerin in einer Lebensgemeinschaft, deren Partner beziehungsweise Partnerin für eine gewisse (eher kürzere als längere) Zeit abwesend ist
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 Strohwitwe
- Strohwitwen plural
- Strohwitwer masculine
- Strohwittwe obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Strohwitwe?
- /ˈʃtʁoːvɪtvə/
- [ˈʃtʁoːˌvɪtvə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Strohwitwe in German?
Strohwitwe appears about once in every 58 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).