Tamburin
[tambuˈʁiːn]
The verdict
“Tamburin” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nach unten offene Trommel mit Schellen
Corpus desk
Index DE-tamburin · Tamburin · German
Tamburin · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Tamburin |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [tambuˈʁiːn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Tamburin“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Tamburin is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [tambuˈʁiːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "nach unten offene Trommel mit Schellen".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Tamburin in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Tamburin, spelled T-A-M-B-U-R-I-N.
Definition
- 1nach unten offene Trommel mit Schellen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Tamburin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ein Mädchen schlägt das Tamburin und schüttelt von Zeit zu Zeit die Schellen.
„Wer nicht weiß, was die Worte bedeuten, hätte es für Clownerie halten können, den Auftritt eines mittelalterlichen Possenreißers mit schwarz bemaltem Gesicht; an Requisiten fehlten nur Laute oder ein Tamburin.“
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.