tran-
[tʁan]
The verdict
“tran-” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a prefix. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - auf die andere Seite, über-, hindurch-
Corpus desk
Index DE-tran · tran- · German
tran- · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- 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 | tran- |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Prefix |
| IPA | [tʁan] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „tran-“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
tran- is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aprefix, transcribed [tʁan]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "auf die andere Seite, über-, hindurch-".
Zero misspellings are on record for tran- in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is tran-, spelled T-R-A-N--.
Definition
- 1auf die andere Seite, über-, hindurch-
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how tran- appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wer einen Text transkribiert, überführt ihn in eine andere Schrift.
Antonyms
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.