kaputt trat

/[kaˈpʊt ˌtʁaːt]/ verb

The verdict

“kaputt trat” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a verb — the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
11
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs kaputt treten

Key facts for kaputt trat
PropertyValue
Headwordkaputt trat
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[kaˈpʊt ˌtʁaːt]
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “kaputt trat” sits in German frequency

kaputt trat falls outside the top-100,000 ranked German words — the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for kaputt trat is 11 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kaˈpʊt ˌtʁaːt]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for kaputt trat in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is kaputt trat, spelled K-A-P-U-T-T- -T-R-A-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs kaputt treten
  2. 2
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs kaputt treten

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "kaputt trat"?
"kaputt trat" is spelled K-A-P-U-T-T- -T-R-A-T. The IPA pronunciation is [kaˈpʊt ˌtʁaːt].
What does "kaputt trat" mean?
As a verb, "kaputt trat" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs kaputt treten
How do you pronounce "kaputt trat"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "kaputt trat" is [kaˈpʊt ˌtʁaːt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "kaputt trat" come from?
"kaputt trat" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “kaputt trat”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is K-A-P-U-T-T- -T-R-A-T — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [kaˈpʊt ˌtʁaːt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.