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triefnass

German, adjective/ˈtʁiːfˈnas/

triefnass is spelled T-R-I-E-F-N-A-S-S (9 letters) and appears about once in every 62 million words in written German, the 482,822nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Triefnass is a German adjective meaning “soaking wet” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sehr nass; so nass, dass es trieft”.

What does triefnass mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    soaking wet

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

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. sehr nass; so nass, dass es trieft

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 triefnass

  • triefnasser masculine nominative singular
  • triefnasse feminine nominative singular
  • triefnasses neuter nominative singular
  • triefnassen genitive masculine singular
  • triefnassem dative masculine singular
  • der triefnasse definite includes-article masculine
  • die triefnasse definite feminine includes-article
  • das triefnasse definite includes-article neuter
  • die triefnassen definite includes-article nominative
  • des triefnassen definite genitive includes-article
  • der triefnassen definite feminine genitive
  • dem triefnassen dative definite includes-article
  • den triefnassen dative definite includes-article
  • triefnaß obsolete

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

How do you pronounce triefnass?

  • /ˈtʁiːfˈnas/
  • [ˈtʁiːfˈnas]

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

English words that translate to triefnass

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

How common is triefnass in German?

triefnass appears about once in every 62 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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