Stromabnehmer
[ˈʃtʁoːmʔapˌneːmɐ]
The verdict
“Stromabnehmer” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person oder Institution, die Strom abnimmt und verbraucht
Corpus desk
Index DE-stromabnehmer · Stromabnehmer · German
Stromabnehmer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Stromabnehmer |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃtʁoːmʔapˌneːmɐ] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Stromabnehmer“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Stromabnehmer is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃtʁoːmʔapˌneːmɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Stromabnehmer, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Stromabnehmer, spelled S-T-R-O-M-A-B-N-E-H-M-E-R.
Definition
- 1Person oder Institution, die Strom abnimmt und verbraucht
- 2technische Vorrichtung (zum Beispiel an Oberleitungsbussen, Schienenfahrzeugen und anderen beweglichen Objekten), um elektrischen Strom aus einer Oberleitung oder einer Stromschiene zu entnehmen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Stromabnehmer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Wenn die Straßenbahn da durchfuhr, mußte sich der Stromabnehmer quetschen.“
„Wo der Stromabnehmer die Oberleitung berührte, sprühten Funken.“
Synonyms
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.