Transgression
[tʁansɡʁɛˈsi̯oːn]
The verdict
“Transgression” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Übergang, Überschreiten, Hinübergehen
Corpus desk
Index DE-transgression · Transgression · German
Transgression · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Transgression |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [tʁansɡʁɛˈsi̯oːn] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Transgression“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Transgression is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [tʁansɡʁɛˈsi̯oːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Transgression, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 Transgression, spelled T-R-A-N-S-G-R-E-S-S-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Übergang, Überschreiten, Hinübergehen
- 2Gebrauch einer für den Sprecher nicht identitätsstiftenden Varietät
- 3landwärtiges Vorrücken einer Küstenlinie
- 4Auftreten von Genotypen, die in ihrer Leistungsfähigkeit die Eltern- und Tochterformen übertreffen
- 5(bewusste) Grenzüberschreitung im zwischenmenschlichen Umgang; (absichtlicher) Verstoß gegen gesellschaftliche Regeln
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Transgression appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Transgressionen sind das Ergebnis eines relativen Meeresspiegelanstieges.“
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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.