Tabubruch
[taˈbuːˌbʁʊx]
The verdict
“Tabubruch” is uncommon German (frequency #59,229 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,229
- frequency rank, German
- 2,684
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Verletzung eines Tabus; auch: sprachliche Verschleierung von gesellschaftlich relevanten Themen oder Sachverhalten (beispielsweise durch Euphemisierung oder Übertreibung )
Corpus desk
Index DE-tabubruch · Tabubruch · German
Tabubruch · rank #59,229 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,229
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,684
- PHOTO-FINISH switches
Nearest frequency peer: switches (-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 „Tabubruch“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Sudetenland
Sudetenland
40,775 corpus weight
- sweat
sweat
40,774 corpus weight
- switches
switches
40,773 corpus weight
- Tabubruch
Tabubruch
40,772 corpus weight
- Tagesmutter
Tagesmutter
40,771 corpus weight
- Talsohle
Talsohle
40,770 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Tabubruch“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Tabubruch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [taˈbuːˌbʁʊx] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #59,229 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Tabubruch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Tabubruch is uncommon German at frequency #59,229 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [taˈbuːˌbʁʊx]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Verletzung eines Tabus; auch: sprachliche Verschleierung von gesellschaftlich relevanten Themen oder Sachverhalten (beispielsweise durch Euphemisierung oder Übertreibung )".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Tabubruch, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Tabubruch, spelled T-A-B-U-B-R-U-C-H.
Definition
- 1Verletzung eines Tabus; auch: sprachliche Verschleierung von gesellschaftlich relevanten Themen oder Sachverhalten (beispielsweise durch Euphemisierung oder Übertreibung )
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Tabubruch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Viele deutsche Musliminnen schrien auf, die Zeitungen schrieben Kritisches und Zustimmendes in der K-Wort-Sache, aber darum geht es schließlich beim Tabubruch: um Beachtung und Aufmerksamkeit.“
„Wer gegen diesen Grundsatz verstößt, begeht einen echten Tabubruch.“
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.
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