tah

[tax]

/[tax]/ noun

By · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) ·

The verdict

“tah” is uncommon German (frequency #70,867 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,867
frequency rank, German
2,684
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Kraft, die in eine bestimmte Richtung (auseinander) zieht; Zug, Zugkraft

Corpus desk

Index DE-tah · tah · German

tah · rank #70,867 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,867
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,684
  • PHOTO-FINISH Tagwerk

Nearest frequency peer: Tagwerk (-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 „tah“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for tah
PropertyValue
Headwordtah
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[tax]
Letters3
Frequency rank#70,867
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „tah“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).tahfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Tagwerk“ (#70,866), „Tagespolitik“ (#70,865), „Taschendieb“ (#70,869). Unter 2,684 „T“-Lemmata liegt „tah“ bei #70,867. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

tah is uncommon German at frequency #70,867 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [tax]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for tah in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is tah, spelled T-A-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    Kraft, die in eine bestimmte Richtung (auseinander) zieht; Zug, Zugkraft
  2. 2
    Kraft, die ein Verkehrsmittel antreibt; Zug, Schub, Vortrieb
  3. 3
    eine von mehreren aufeinander folgenden Aktionen mit einem bestimmten Ziel; Zug, Schachzug
  4. 4
    massenweises Aufsuchen neuer Siedlungsgebiete mancher Tierarten; Zug, Wanderung
  5. 5
    Bewegung eines Malwerkzeugs, die eine Spur auf einer Unterlage hinterlässt; Zug, Linie, Strich
  6. 6
    den Regeln entsprechende Bewegung eines Spielsteins auf einem Spielbrett; Zug

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Lano mostu je namáháno výhradně tahem.
  2. Tah raketových motorů je největší při startu.

Synonyms

činstěhováníčáralinie

Antonyms

tlak

This word in other languages

pull(English)

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 "tah"?
"tah" is spelled T-A-H. The IPA pronunciation is [tax].
What does "tah" mean?
As a noun, "tah" means: Kraft, die in eine bestimmte Richtung (auseinander) zieht; Zug, Zugkraft
How do you pronounce "tah"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tah" is [tax]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tah" come from?
"tah" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ait#71,072PDC#70,660neg#70,613aya#71,126

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list