Täterin

[ˈtɛːtəʁɪn]

/[ˈtɛːtəʁɪn]/ noun

The verdict

“Täterin” is uncommon German (frequency #53,304 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,304
frequency rank, German
2,684
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - weibliche Person, die sich etwas zuschulden kommen lassen hat

Corpus desk

Index DE-taterin · Täterin · German

Täterin · rank #53,304 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,304
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,684
  • PHOTO-FINISH tschau

Nearest frequency peer: tschau (-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 „Täterin“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Täterin
PropertyValue
HeadwordTäterin
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈtɛːtəʁɪn]
Letters7
Frequency rank#53,304
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Täterin“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Täterinfällt 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: „tschau“ (#53,303), „Tötungsdelikt“ (#53,305), „Trugschluss“ (#53,302). Unter 2,684 „T“-Lemmata liegt „Täterin“ bei #53,304. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Täterin is uncommon German at frequency #53,304 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈtɛːtəʁɪn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "weibliche Person, die sich etwas zuschulden kommen lassen hat".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Täterin, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored 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 Täterin, spelled T-Ä-T-E-R-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    weibliche Person, die sich etwas zuschulden kommen lassen hat

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Die Namen der Täterinnen kenne ich noch heute.“
  2. „Bei einer Messerattacke in Hamburg sind am Freitagabend mehrere Menschen schwer verletzt worden. Die Polizei gab später erste Informationen zur mutmaßlichen Täterin bekannt.“

This word in other languages

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 "Täterin"?
"Täterin" is spelled T-Ä-T-E-R-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈtɛːtəʁɪn].
What does "Täterin" mean?
As a noun, "Täterin" means: weibliche Person, die sich etwas zuschulden kommen lassen hat
How do you pronounce "Täterin"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Täterin" is [ˈtɛːtəʁɪn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Täterin" come from?
"Täterin" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list