Staatstrauer
German, noun/ˈʃtaːt͡sˌtʁaʊ̯ɐ/
Staatstrauer is spelled S-T-A-A-T-S-T-R-A-U-E-R (12 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 127,251st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Staatstrauer is a German feminine noun meaning “national mourning” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “landesweite, von der Regierung eines Staates angeordnete Trauer”.
What does Staatstrauer mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininenational mourning
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. landesweite, von der Regierung eines Staates angeordnete Trauer
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce Staatstrauer?
- /ˈʃtaːt͡sˌtʁaʊ̯ɐ/
- [ˈʃtaːt͡sˌtʁaʊ̯ɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Staatstrauer in German?
Staatstrauer appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).