Transgression
German, noun/tʁansɡʁɛˈsi̯oːn/
Transgression is spelled T-R-A-N-S-G-R-E-S-S-I-O-N (13 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 154,802nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Transgression is a German feminine noun meaning “transgression” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Übergang, Überschreiten, Hinübergehen”.
What does Transgression mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetransgression
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Übergang, Überschreiten, Hinübergehen 2. Gebrauch einer für den Sprecher nicht identitätsstiftenden Varietät 3. landwärtiges Vorrücken einer Küstenlinie 4. Auftreten von Genotypen, die in ihrer Leistungsfähigkeit die Eltern- und Tochterformen übertreffen
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 Transgression
- Transgressionen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Transgression?
- /tʁansɡʁɛˈsi̯oːn/
- [tʁansɡʁɛˈsi̯oːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Transgression
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Transgression in German?
Transgression appears about once in every 9 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).