getrauen
[ɡəˈtʁaʊ̯ən]
The verdict
“getrauen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas wagen, den Mut haben etwas zu tun
Corpus desk
Index DE-getrauen · getrauen · German
getrauen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" 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 | getrauen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɡəˈtʁaʊ̯ən] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „getrauen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
getrauen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ɡəˈtʁaʊ̯ən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "etwas wagen, den Mut haben etwas zu tun".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for getrauen, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is getrauen, spelled G-E-T-R-A-U-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas wagen, den Mut haben etwas zu tun
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how getrauen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wegen des Wetters haben sie sich nicht getraut, wie geplant in See zu stechen.
This word in other languages
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.