how to pronounce streiken

/ˈʃtʁaɪ̯kən/

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streiken is pronounced in two syllables

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ʃtʁaɪkən

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An example use of streiken in a speech by a native speaker of standard german:

“… wir streiken heute um den zorn und den …”

meanings of streiken

verb:

  1. To strike (to stop working in protest).
  2. To refuse to cooperate or participate (of a person); to stop working (of a machine).

streiken frequency in german - C2+ level of CEFR

the word streiken occurs in german on average 2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

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