Tribade
[tʁiˈbaːdə]
The verdict
“Tribade” 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) - eine der lesbischen Liebe ergebene Frau
Corpus desk
Index DE-tribade · Tribade · German
Tribade · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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 | Tribade |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [tʁiˈbaːdə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Tribade“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Tribade is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [tʁiˈbaːdə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine der lesbischen Liebe ergebene Frau".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Tribade, 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.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Tribade, spelled T-R-I-B-A-D-E.
Definition
- 1eine der lesbischen Liebe ergebene Frau
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Tribade appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Daß weniger die gleichgeschlechtliche Orientierung an sich diffamiert wurde, als vielmehr eine mit ihr assoziierte Unordnung der Geschlechter, zeigt sich z.B., wenn W. Bernhardi erklärte, daß die aktiv vorgehende Tribade "eine Missgeburt männlichen Geschlechts (sei), der gegenüber die passive Tribade ein so vollkommendes Weib ist, wie der aktive Pädicato…
„Die Schwester ist Tribade.“
Synonyms
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.