trennen

/[ˈtʁɛnən]/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,779

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

18

similar word pairs

trennen is aGermanverb. It means: Personen oder Sachen auseinanderbringen Pronounced [ˈtʁɛnən]. It ranks #3,779 in German word frequency. Often confused with treten and trennt.

Key facts for trennen
PropertyValue
Headwordtrennen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈtʁɛnən]
Letters7
Frequency rank#3,779
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for trennen is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈtʁɛnən]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,779 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for trennen, with forms such as "rtennen", "ternnen", and "trenen". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "treten", "trennt", "Treuen", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 trennen, spelled T-R-E-N-N-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Personen oder Sachen auseinanderbringen
  2. 2
    eine Sache in ihre Bestandteile zerlegen
  3. 3
    eine Sache von einer anderen Sache abscheiden
  4. 4
    etwas auseinanderhalten und genau unterscheiden
  5. 5
    einen Partner, einen Verein oder eine Partei verlassen (sich entfernen)
  6. 6
    ein Wort über einen Zeilenumbruch hinweg schreiben

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: rtennen,ternnen,trenen,trenenn,trennenn,trennne,trnenen,trrennen,ttrennen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for trennen

Misspelling Variants of "trennen"

rtennen7ternnen7trenen6trenenn7trennenn8trennne7trnenen7trrennen8
Misspelling Variants of "trennen"

Frequency rank: #3,779 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "trennen"?
"trennen" is spelled T-R-E-N-N-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈtʁɛnən].
What does "trennen" mean?
As a verb, "trennen" means: Personen oder Sachen auseinanderbringen
What words are commonly confused with "trennen"?
"trennen" is commonly confused with "treten", "trennt", "Treuen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "trennen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "trennen" is [ˈtʁɛnən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "trennen" come from?
"trennen" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.