Trawler
[ˈtʁɔːlɐ]
The verdict
“Trawler” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fischereischiff, das Fische mit (Grund-)Schleppnetzen fängt (und in vielen Fällen an Bord verarbeitet)
Corpus desk
Index DE-trawler · Trawler · German
Trawler · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | Trawler |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈtʁɔːlɐ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Trawler“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Trawler is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈtʁɔːlɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fischereischiff, das Fische mit (Grund-)Schleppnetzen fängt (und in vielen Fällen an Bord verarbeitet)".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Trawler, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Trawler, spelled T-R-A-W-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Fischereischiff, das Fische mit (Grund-)Schleppnetzen fängt (und in vielen Fällen an Bord verarbeitet)
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Trawler appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Während sich die beiden unterhielten, sah ich zu, wie die Seeleute den Trawler am Kai festmachten.“
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.