Tau
German, noun/taʊ̯/
Tau is spelled T-A-U (3 letters) and appears 2.4 times per million words in written German, the 21,211th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tau is a German masculine noun meaning “dew” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Niederschlag, durch Abkühlung (in Bodennähe) kondensierter Wasserdampf”.
What does Tau mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedew
noun
- 1
neuterstrong rope
noun
- 1
neutertau (greek letter)
noun
- 1
feminineTao people
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Niederschlag, durch Abkühlung (in Bodennähe) kondensierter Wasserdampf
noun: 1. starkes Schiffsseil aus Hanf oder Stahldraht 2. Seil, insbesondere zum Klettern
noun: 1. Name des neunzehnten Buchstabens im griechischen Alphabet
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Tau
- Taues genitive
- Taus genitive
- Taue dative singular
- Thau alternative obsolete
- Tauen dative definite plural
- τ abbreviation lowercase
- Τ abbreviation uppercase
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Tau?
- /taʊ̯/
- [tʰaʊ̯]
- [taʊ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Tau
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Tau in German?
Tau appears 2.4 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).