Tauziehen
German, noun[ˈtaʊ̯ˌt͡siːən]
Tauziehen is spelled T-A-U-Z-I-E-H-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 60,441st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tauziehen is a German neuter noun meaning “the game tug of war” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Sportart, bei der zwei Mannschaften an den gegenseitigen Enden eines Taus/Seils versuchen, die jeweils andere…”.
What does Tauziehen mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterthe game tug of war
- 2
neutera tug of war, a dispute
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sportart, bei der zwei Mannschaften an den gegenseitigen Enden eines Taus/Seils versuchen, die jeweils andere auf die eigene Seite zu ziehen 2. Aushandeln sehr unterschiedlicher Meinungen
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 Tauziehen
- Tauziehens genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Tauziehen?
- [ˈtaʊ̯ˌt͡siːən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Tauziehen in German?
Tauziehen appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).