Trauerkleid
[ˈtʁaʊ̯ɐˌklaɪ̯t]
The verdict
“Trauerkleid” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Kleid, das anlässlich eines Trauerfalls getragen wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-trauerkleid · Trauerkleid · German
Trauerkleid · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | Trauerkleid |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈtʁaʊ̯ɐˌklaɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Trauerkleid“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Trauerkleid is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈtʁaʊ̯ɐˌklaɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Kleid, das anlässlich eines Trauerfalls getragen wird".
No misspelling variants are generated for Trauerkleid in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Trauerkleid, spelled T-R-A-U-E-R-K-L-E-I-D.
Definition
- 1Kleid, das anlässlich eines Trauerfalls getragen wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Trauerkleid appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Als es Essenszeit war, führte der Wirt diesen Fremden in einen schönen tapezierten Saal. Man trug auf, und alsbald kam unter den Tapeten das schönste Frauenzimmer von der Welt hervorgetreten, aber mit einem kahlbeschornen Haupte und in einem nach deutscher Manier gemachten schwarzen Trauerkleide.“
„In diesem Augenblick kam ein Mann heran, der wie ein Stier aussah, der Trauerkleider trug.“
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.