tease
[tiːz]
The verdict
“tease” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemanden aufziehen, foppen, ärgern
Corpus desk
Index DE-tease · tease · German
tease · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | tease |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [tiːz] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „tease“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
tease is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [tiːz]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for tease, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented 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 tease, spelled T-E-A-S-E.
Definition
- 1jemanden aufziehen, foppen, ärgern
- 2jemanden reizen/jemandes Begierde wecken ohne die Intention, diese Begierde zu befriedigen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how tease appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The children teased the boy because of his stammer.
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.