triezen
[ˈtʁiːt͡sn̩]
The verdict
“triezen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - jemanden sehr ärgern oder quälen, so dass es ihm körperlich oder seelisch stark zusetzt
Corpus desk
Index DE-triezen · triezen · German
triezen · 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 | triezen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈtʁiːt͡sn̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „triezen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
triezen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈtʁiːt͡sn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemanden sehr ärgern oder quälen, so dass es ihm körperlich oder seelisch stark zusetzt".
No misspelling variants are generated for triezen in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 triezen, spelled T-R-I-E-Z-E-N.
Definition
- 1jemanden sehr ärgern oder quälen, so dass es ihm körperlich oder seelisch stark zusetzt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how triezen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er wurde so lange getriezt, bis er ging.
Ein Eiskunstlauftrainer, ein erfolgreicher zudem, habe seine Schülerinnen und Schüler getriezt, verprügelt, in Wort und Tat sexuell belästigt.
This word in other languages
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.