Trampelpfad
German, noun/ˈtʁampl̩ˌpfaːt/
Trampelpfad is spelled T-R-A-M-P-E-L-P-F-A-D (11 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 105,614th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Trampelpfad is a German masculine noun meaning “desire line (path in formerly pathless area created by people or animals through frequent walking along the same line)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “schmaler unbefestigter Weg, der dadurch entsteht, dass eine bestimmte Strecke immer wieder begangen wird”.
What does Trampelpfad mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedesire line (path in formerly pathless area created by people or animals through frequent walking along the same line)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. schmaler unbefestigter Weg, der dadurch entsteht, dass eine bestimmte Strecke immer wieder begangen wird
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 Trampelpfad
- Trampelpfades genitive
- Trampelpfads genitive
- Trampelpfade plural
- Trampelpfaden dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Trampelpfad?
- /ˈtʁampl̩ˌpfaːt/
- /ˈtʁampəlˌpfaːt/
- [ˈtʁampl̩ˌp͡faːt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Trampelpfad
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Trampelpfad in German?
Trampelpfad appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).