Trauerzug

[ˈtʁaʊ̯ɐˌt͡suːk]

/[ˈtʁaʊ̯ɐˌt͡suːk]/ noun

The verdict

“Trauerzug” is uncommon German (frequency #83,392 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#83,392
frequency rank, German
2,684
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personengruppe, die eine Leiche auf ihrem letzten Weg begleitet

Corpus desk

Index DE-trauerzug · Trauerzug · German

Trauerzug · rank #83,392 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #83,392
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,684
  • PHOTO-FINISH Trainingsgelä…

Nearest frequency peer: Trainingsgelände (-2 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Trauerzug“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Trauerzug“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Trauerzug
PropertyValue
HeadwordTrauerzug
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈtʁaʊ̯ɐˌt͡suːk]
Letters9
Frequency rank#83,392
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Trauerzug“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Trauerzugfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Trainingsgelände“ (#83,390), „tren“ (#83,394), „Tragetasche“ (#83,389). Unter 2,684 „T“-Lemmata liegt „Trauerzug“ bei #83,392. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Trauerzug is uncommon German at frequency #83,392 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈtʁaʊ̯ɐˌt͡suːk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Personengruppe, die eine Leiche auf ihrem letzten Weg begleitet".

No misspelling variants are generated for Trauerzug in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Trauerzug, spelled T-R-A-U-E-R-Z-U-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Personengruppe, die eine Leiche auf ihrem letzten Weg begleitet

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Trauerzug appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Als sich am Nachmittag des 29. Juli der Trauerzug durch die Stadt schob, schienen die Bonner davon zunächst kaum Notiz zu nehmen.“
  2. „Der Trauerzug ist lang, obwohl Anna Koalik weder in Bossdom noch sonstwo Verwandte hat.“

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Trauerzug"?
"Trauerzug" is spelled T-R-A-U-E-R-Z-U-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈtʁaʊ̯ɐˌt͡suːk].
What does "Trauerzug" mean?
As a noun, "Trauerzug" means: Personengruppe, die eine Leiche auf ihrem letzten Weg begleitet
How do you pronounce "Trauerzug"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Trauerzug" is [ˈtʁaʊ̯ɐˌt͡suːk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Trauerzug" come from?
"Trauerzug" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Trauerzug", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list