traurig
German, adjective/ˈtʁaʊ̯.ʁɪç/
traurig is spelled T-R-A-U-R-I-G (7 letters) and appears 44 times per million words in written German, the 1,929th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Traurig is a German adjective meaning “sad” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “betrübt, niedergeschlagen”.
What does traurig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
sad
adverb
- 1
sadly
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. betrübt, niedergeschlagen 2. erbarmungswürdig, beklagenswert
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 traurig
- trauriger masculine nominative singular
- am traurigsten superlative
- traurige feminine nominative singular
- trauriges neuter nominative singular
- traurigen genitive masculine singular
- traurigem dative masculine singular
- der traurige definite includes-article masculine
- die traurige definite feminine includes-article
- das traurige definite includes-article neuter
- die traurigen definite includes-article nominative
- des traurigen definite genitive includes-article
- der traurigen definite feminine genitive
- dem traurigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce traurig?
- /ˈtʁaʊ̯.ʁɪç/
- /ˈtʁaʊ̯.ʁɪk/
- [ˈtʁaʊ̯ʁɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to traurig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is traurig in German?
traurig appears 44 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).