Strunk

[ʃtʁʊŋk]

/[ʃtʁʊŋk]/ noun

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The verdict

“Strunk” is uncommon German (frequency #57,441 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,441
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - dicker, kurzer, fleischiger oder holziger, bei Nahrungspflanzen meist als Rest übrigbleibender, bei technisch genutzten Pflanzen meist verwerteter, Teil des ess- oder verwertbaren Teils bestimmter ...

Corpus desk

Index DE-strunk · Strunk · German

Strunk · rank #57,441 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,441
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Stromprodukti…

Nearest frequency peer: Stromproduktion (-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 „Strunk“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Strunk
PropertyValue
HeadwordStrunk
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ʃtʁʊŋk]
Letters6
Frequency rank#57,441
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Strunk“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Strunkfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Stromproduktion“ (#57,440), „Sträflinge“ (#57,442), „sträuben“ (#57,443). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Strunk“ bei #57,441. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Strunk is uncommon German at frequency #57,441 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʃtʁʊŋk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Strunk doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Strunk, spelled S-T-R-U-N-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    dicker, kurzer, fleischiger oder holziger, bei Nahrungspflanzen meist als Rest übrigbleibender, bei technisch genutzten Pflanzen meist verwerteter, Teil des ess- oder verwertbaren Teils bestimmter Pflanzen und Pilze
  2. 2
    Rest des Stamms eines abgestorbenen Baumes, Stumpf oder ganzer Stamm

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Strunk appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Die Strünke waren regennass und gingen bis an die Knie.“

Synonyms

Stubben

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 "Strunk"?
"Strunk" is spelled S-T-R-U-N-K. The IPA pronunciation is [ʃtʁʊŋk].
What does "Strunk" mean?
As a noun, "Strunk" means: dicker, kurzer, fleischiger oder holziger, bei Nahrungspflanzen meist als Rest übrigbleibender, bei technisch genutzten Pflanzen meist verwerteter, Teil des ess- oder verwertbaren Teils bestimmter ...
How do you pronounce "Strunk"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Strunk" is [ʃtʁʊŋk]. 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 "Strunk", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list