trans-
[tʁans]
The verdict
“trans-” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a prefix. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - auf die andere Seite, über-, hindurch-
Corpus desk
Index DE-trans · trans- · German
trans- · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 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 | trans- |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Prefix |
| IPA | [tʁans] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „trans-“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
trans- is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aprefix, transcribed [tʁans]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
trans- has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is trans-, spelled T-R-A-N-S--.
Definition
- 1auf die andere Seite, über-, hindurch-
- 2transgeschlechtlich/transident/transgender
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how trans- appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ein Anwendungsgebiet der Vorsilbe trans- ist die Spezifizierung von Länderregionen, wie zum Beispiel in Transdanubien.
Wenn etwas transparent ist, kann man hindurchschauen.
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.