Trash
German, noun/tʁɛʃ/
Trash is spelled T-R-A-S-H (5 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written German, the 19,169th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Trash is a German masculine noun meaning “unsophisticated, cheap, or cheap-looking product, most often a cultural product such as a film; trash” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “minderwertiges Produkt, Schund, Ramsch”.
What does Trash mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineunsophisticated, cheap, or cheap-looking product, most often a cultural product such as a film; trash
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. minderwertiges Produkt, Schund, Ramsch 2. Form der Unterhaltung, Literatur oder Kunst ohne hohen geistigen Anspruch, die sich oft auch durch eine (bewusst) einfache Machart auszeichnet 3. (US-amerikanische) Unterschicht 4. Stilrichtung innerhalb der Popmusik
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 Trash
- Trashs genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Trash?
- /tʁɛʃ/
- /tɹɛʃ/
- [tʁæʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Trash in German?
Trash appears 2.8 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).