Trauerjahr
German, noun/ˈtʁaʊ̯əʁˌjaːʁ/
Trauerjahr is spelled T-R-A-U-E-R-J-A-H-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 34 million words in written German, the 343,581st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Trauerjahr is a German neuter noun meaning “year of mourning, the first year after a person’s death, during which remarriage has traditionally been considered unbeseeming (and was…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “der Zeitraum, in dem man nach dem Tod eines nahen Verwandten Trauerkleidung trägt”.
What does Trauerjahr mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuteryear of mourning, the first year after a person’s death, during which remarriage has traditionally been considered unbeseeming (and was formerly forbidden by law)
Er hat schon eine Neue, will aber noch das Trauerjahr abwarten.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. der Zeitraum, in dem man nach dem Tod eines nahen Verwandten Trauerkleidung trägt 2. die gesetzliche Zeit von zehn Monaten, in der eine Witwe keine neue Ehe eingehen durfte
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 Trauerjahr
- Trauerjahrs genitive
- Trauerjahres genitive
- Trauerjahre plural
- Trauerjahren dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Trauerjahr?
- /ˈtʁaʊ̯əʁˌjaːʁ/
- [ˈtʁaʊ̯.ɐˌjaː(ɐ̯)]
- [ˈtʁaʊ̯ɐˌjaːɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Trauerjahr in German?
Trauerjahr appears about once in every 34 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).