Trabi

[ˈtʁabi]

/[ˈtʁabi]/ noun

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The verdict

“Trabi” is uncommon German (frequency #65,766 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,766
frequency rank, German
2,684
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Trabant, eine Kraftfahrzeugmarke aus der ehemaligen DDR

Corpus desk

Index DE-trabi · Trabi · German

Trabi · rank #65,766 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,766
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,684
  • PHOTO-FINISH toxine

Nearest frequency peer: toxine (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Trabi“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Trabi“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Trabi
PropertyValue
HeadwordTrabi
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈtʁabi]
Letters5
Frequency rank#65,766
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Trabi“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Trabifällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „toxine“ (#65,765), „transnationalen“ (#65,767), „totalitär“ (#65,764). Unter 2,684 „T“-Lemmata liegt „Trabi“ bei #65,766. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Trabi is uncommon German at frequency #65,766 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈtʁabi]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Trabant, eine Kraftfahrzeugmarke aus der ehemaligen DDR".

Trabi has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Trabi, spelled T-R-A-B-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Trabant, eine Kraftfahrzeugmarke aus der ehemaligen DDR

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Trabi appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Die Polizei hat in Eisenhüttenstadt einen 25-Jährigen angetrunken und ohne Führerschein in einem gestohlenen Trabi gestoppt.“
  2. „Mittlerweile in Rente, gab sie sich reiselustig in ihrem Trabi.“

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Trabi"?
"Trabi" is spelled T-R-A-B-I. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈtʁabi].
What does "Trabi" mean?
As a noun, "Trabi" means: Trabant, eine Kraftfahrzeugmarke aus der ehemaligen DDR
How do you pronounce "Trabi"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Trabi" is [ˈtʁabi]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Trabi" come from?
"Trabi" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Trabi", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Stuhr#65,736Varia#65,802stopf#65,727spukt#65,709

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list