Trauerarbeit
German, noun/ˈtʁaʊ̯ɐˌʔaʁbaɪ̯t/
Trauerarbeit is spelled T-R-A-U-E-R-A-R-B-E-I-T (12 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 101,039th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Trauerarbeit is a German feminine noun meaning “grief work (psychological process of coping with loss)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “aktive psychische Verarbeitung und Bewältigung eines Trauerfalls”.
What does Trauerarbeit mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegrief work (psychological process of coping with loss)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. aktive psychische Verarbeitung und Bewältigung eines Trauerfalls
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 Trauerarbeit
- Trauerarbeiten plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Trauerarbeit?
- /ˈtʁaʊ̯ɐˌʔaʁbaɪ̯t/
- [ˈtʁaʊ̯ɐˌʔaʁbaɪ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Trauerarbeit in German?
Trauerarbeit appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).