trieft
[tʁiːft]
The verdict
“trieft” is uncommon German (frequency #68,769 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,769
- frequency rank, German
- 2,684
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs triefen
Corpus desk
Index DE-trieft · trieft · German
trieft · rank #68,769 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,769
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,684
- PHOTO-FINISH treuesten
Nearest frequency peer: treuesten (-1 rank slots)
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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „trieft“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Touristenat…
Touristenattraktion
31,235 corpus weight
- Trendsetter
Trendsetter
31,234 corpus weight
- treuesten
treuesten
31,233 corpus weight
- trieft
trieft
31,232 corpus weight
- Trägerverein
Trägerverein
31,231 corpus weight
- trügerische
trügerische
31,230 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „trieft“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | trieft |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [tʁiːft] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #68,769 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „trieft“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
trieft is uncommon German at frequency #68,769 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [tʁiːft]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for trieft in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is trieft, spelled T-R-I-E-F-T.
Definition
- 12. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs triefen
- 23. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs triefen
- 32. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs triefen
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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