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Treibgut

German, noun/ˈtʁaɪ̯pɡuːt/

Treibgut is spelled T-R-E-I-B-G-U-T (8 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 99,595th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Treibgut is a German neuter noun meaning “flotsam, floating debris” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Gegenstand, der auf dem Wasser/im Wasser von der Bewegung des Wassers bewegt wird”.

What does Treibgut mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    neuterflotsam, floating debris

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Gegenstand, der auf dem Wasser/im Wasser von der Bewegung des Wassers bewegt wird

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 Treibgut

  • Treibgutes genitive
  • Treibguts genitive
  • Treibgüter plural
  • Treibgute dative singular
  • Treibgütern dative definite plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Treibgut?

  • /ˈtʁaɪ̯pɡuːt/
  • [ˈtʁaɪ̯pˌɡuːt]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to Treibgut

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Treibgut in German?

Treibgut appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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