tah

[tax]

/[tax]/ noun

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The verdict

“tah” is uncommon German (frequency #70,867 among 35,386 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,867
frequency rank, German
35,386
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Kraft, die in eine bestimmte Richtung (auseinander) zieht; Zug, Zugkraft

Key facts for tah
PropertyValue
Headwordtah
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[tax]
Letters3
Frequency rank#70,867
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “tah” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). tah lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

tah is uncommon German at frequency #70,867 among 35,386 “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

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.
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Using “tah”

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

  • The one correct German spelling is T-A-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [tax] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Other uncommon German words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list