Tabuthema

[taˈbuːˌteːma]

/[taˈbuːˌteːma]/ noun

The verdict

“Tabuthema” is uncommon German (frequency #55,758 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,758
frequency rank, German
2,684
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Thema, über das nicht gesprochen wird / nicht gesprochen werden darf

Corpus desk

Index DE-tabuthema · Tabuthema · German

Tabuthema · rank #55,758 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,758
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,684
  • PHOTO-FINISH tabula

Nearest frequency peer: tabula (-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 „Tabuthema“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Tabuthema“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Tabuthema
PropertyValue
HeadwordTabuthema
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[taˈbuːˌteːma]
Letters9
Frequency rank#55,758
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Tabuthema“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Tabuthemafällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „tabula“ (#55,757), „Südkoreas“ (#55,756), „tak“ (#55,760). Unter 2,684 „T“-Lemmata liegt „Tabuthema“ bei #55,758. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Tabuthema is uncommon German at frequency #55,758 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [taˈbuːˌteːma]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Thema, über das nicht gesprochen wird / nicht gesprochen werden darf".

Tabuthema has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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 documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Tabuthema, spelled T-A-B-U-T-H-E-M-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Thema, über das nicht gesprochen wird / nicht gesprochen werden darf

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Tabuthema appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Auch Steuern müssten steigen, so gut wie immer, wenn US-Präsidenten die Staatsfinanzen sanieren wollten. Doch dieser Vorschlag ist auf konservativer Seite längst zum Tabuthema geworden.“
  2. „Lange war es ein Tabuthema. Doch nun diskutieren auch die Euro-Finanzminister eine Pleite Griechenlands.“

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Tabuthema"?
"Tabuthema" is spelled T-A-B-U-T-H-E-M-A. The IPA pronunciation is [taˈbuːˌteːma].
What does "Tabuthema" mean?
As a noun, "Tabuthema" means: Thema, über das nicht gesprochen wird / nicht gesprochen werden darf
How do you pronounce "Tabuthema"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Tabuthema" is [taˈbuːˌteːma]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Tabuthema" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Tabuthema", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list