treife
[ˈtʁaɪ̯fə]
The verdict
“treife” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - den jüdischen Speisegesetzen entsprechend unrein und daher nicht zum Verzehr erlaubt
Corpus desk
Index DE-treife · treife · German
treife · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | treife |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈtʁaɪ̯fə] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „treife“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
treife is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈtʁaɪ̯fə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "den jüdischen Speisegesetzen entsprechend unrein und daher nicht zum Verzehr erlaubt".
No misspelling variants are generated for treife in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is treife, spelled T-R-E-I-F-E.
Definition
- 1den jüdischen Speisegesetzen entsprechend unrein und daher nicht zum Verzehr erlaubt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how treife appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Und so könne er verhindern, dass bei der Verarbeitung etwa Gelatine (oft aus Schweineschwarte und damit treife) oder Geschmacksverstärker und Aromen von Bibern, Zibetkatzen oder Walen (alle nicht koscher) beigemengt werden.[…]Ihr Inhalt stammt aus kontaminierten Anlagen, in denen Katzenfutter oder andere treife Substanzen verarbeitet wurden.“
„In all den Jahren hatte er treifene Speisen gegessen.“
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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.