trällern
[ˈtʁɛlɐn]
The verdict
“trällern” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - gutgelaunt und ohne den genauen Text wiederzugeben singen
Corpus desk
Index DE-trallern · trällern · German
trällern · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | trällern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈtʁɛlɐn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „trällern“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
trällern is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈtʁɛlɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
trällern has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is trällern, spelled T-R-Ä-L-L-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1gutgelaunt und ohne den genauen Text wiederzugeben singen
- 2eine Tonfolge mit der Stimme wiedergeben
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how trällern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
»Tralala, tralala« trällerte sie.
„Von morgens bis abends wurde gepfiffen oder geträllert: „Wem Gott will rechte Gunst erweisen“ Geträllert und gepfiffen. “
This word in other languages
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.