Trabant
German, noun/tʁaˈbant/
Trabant is spelled T-R-A-B-A-N-T (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 41,097th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Trabant is a German masculine noun meaning “bodyguard of a noble” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Leibwächter eines Würdenträgers”.
What does Trabant mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebodyguard of a noble
- 2
masculinesatellite; moon
- 3
masculinefollower of a figure or cause; hanger-on
- 4
masculinechild
noun
- 1
masculinean East German make of car
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Leibwächter eines Würdenträgers 2. Himmelskörper, der einen Planeten auf einer festen Bahn umkreist 3. Anhänger, Mitläufer 4. (kleines) Kind
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 Trabant
- Trabanten genitive
- Drabant alternative obsolete
- Trabants genitive
- Trabi diminutive neuter
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Trabant?
- /tʁaˈbant/
- [tʁaˈbant]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Trabant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Trabant in German?
Trabant appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).