Treibsand

/[ˈtʁaɪ̯pˌzant]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#97,836

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Treibsand is aGermannoun. It means: von fließenden Gewässern oder Wind transportierter Sand Pronounced [ˈtʁaɪ̯pˌzant].

Key facts for Treibsand
PropertyValue
HeadwordTreibsand
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈtʁaɪ̯pˌzant]
Letters9
Frequency rank#97,836
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Treibsand in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Treibsand is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈtʁaɪ̯pˌzant]. Corpus data places it at rank #97,836 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "von fließenden Gewässern oder Wind transportierter Sand".

No misspelling variants are generated for Treibsand in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Treibsand, spelled T-R-E-I-B-S-A-N-D, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    von fließenden Gewässern oder Wind transportierter Sand

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This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #97,836 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Treibsand"?
"Treibsand" is spelled T-R-E-I-B-S-A-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈtʁaɪ̯pˌzant].
What does "Treibsand" mean?
As a noun, "Treibsand" means: von fließenden Gewässern oder Wind transportierter Sand
How do you pronounce "Treibsand"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Treibsand" is [ˈtʁaɪ̯pˌzant]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Treibsand" come from?
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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.