Trauerzug
[ˈtʁaʊ̯ɐˌt͡suːk]
The verdict
“Trauerzug” is an uncommon German word, ranked #83,392 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #83,392
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Personengruppe, die eine Leiche auf ihrem letzten Weg begleitet
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Trauerzug |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈtʁaʊ̯ɐˌt͡suːk] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #83,392 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Trauerzug” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Trauerzug is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈtʁaʊ̯ɐˌt͡suːk]. Corpus data places it at rank #83,392 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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
- 1Personengruppe, die eine Leiche auf ihrem letzten Weg begleitet
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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.
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Using “Trauerzug”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is T-R-A-U-E-R-Z-U-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈtʁaʊ̯ɐˌt͡suːk] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.