Tartüff
[taʁˈtʏf]
The verdict
“Tartüff” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemand, der eine Meinung oder Einstellung nur vortäuscht, aber nicht wirklich vertritt
Corpus desk
Index DE-tartuff · Tartüff · German
Tartüff · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | Tartüff |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [taʁˈtʏf] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Tartüff“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Tartüff is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [taʁˈtʏf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemand, der eine Meinung oder Einstellung nur vortäuscht, aber nicht wirklich vertritt".
Tartüff has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Tartüff, spelled T-A-R-T-Ü-F-F.
Definition
- 1jemand, der eine Meinung oder Einstellung nur vortäuscht, aber nicht wirklich vertritt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Tartüff appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Er verzog sein Gesicht zu einem Lächeln, woran ich Tartüff erkannte, und wenn es sich nur um mich gehandelt hätte, so hätte ich den armen Menschen fortgeschickt; aber wenn er Henrietten unterhalten und ihr die italienische Sprache beibringen konnte, so war das alles, was ich von ihm verlangen konnte.“
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.