Touristenfalle
German, noun/tuˈʁɪstn̩ˌfalə/
Touristenfalle is spelled T-O-U-R-I-S-T-E-N-F-A-L-L-E (14 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written German, the 278,604th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Touristenfalle is a German feminine noun meaning “tourist trap” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Ort, Betrieb oder Einrichtung, in der unbedarfte Touristen dazu verleitet werden, für Dienstleistungen mit…”.
What does Touristenfalle mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetourist trap
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ort, Betrieb oder Einrichtung, in der unbedarfte Touristen dazu verleitet werden, für Dienstleistungen mit überhöhten Preisen zu bezahlen oder Geld für Gegenstände von geringem Nutzen oder Wert auszugeben.
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 Touristenfalle
- Touristenfallen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Touristenfalle?
- /tuˈʁɪstn̩ˌfalə/
- [tuˈʁɪstn̩ˌfalə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Touristenfalle in German?
Touristenfalle appears about once in every 23 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).