Travestie
German, noun[tʁavɛsˈtiː]
Travestie is spelled T-R-A-V-E-S-T-I-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 85,035th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Travestie is a German feminine noun meaning “travesty (parody or stylistic imitation)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “komisch-satirische, literarische Gattung; Nachahmung eines Werks durch die Darstellung des ernsten Inhalts in…”.
What does Travestie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetravesty (parody or stylistic imitation)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. komisch-satirische, literarische Gattung; Nachahmung eines Werks durch die Darstellung des ernsten Inhalts in einem verzerrenden, übertreibenden oder verspottenden, komischen Gewand; Beibehaltung des Inhalts, jedoch Verwendung einer anderen, nicht dazu passenden Form 2. ; Gesamtheit dessen, was mit der Travestieshow, der weiblichen Kostümierung von Männern zusammenhängt
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 Travestie
- Travestien plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Travestie?
- [tʁavɛsˈtiː]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Travestie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Travestie in German?
Travestie appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).