Tatmotiv
[ˈtaːtmoˌtiːf]
The verdict
“Tatmotiv” is uncommon German (frequency #94,953 among 35,386 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,953
- frequency rank, German
- 35,386
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Beweggrund für das Begehen einer bestimmten (Straf-)Tat
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Tatmotiv |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈtaːtmoˌtiːf] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #94,953 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Tatmotiv” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Tatmotiv is uncommon German at frequency #94,953 among 35,386 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈtaːtmoˌtiːf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Beweggrund für das Begehen einer bestimmten (Straf-)Tat".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Tatmotiv, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Tatmotiv, spelled T-A-T-M-O-T-I-V.
Definition
- 1Beweggrund für das Begehen einer bestimmten (Straf-)Tat
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.
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Using “Tatmotiv”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is T-A-T-M-O-T-I-V - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈtaːtmoˌtiːf] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.