Trift

[tʁɪft]

/[tʁɪft]/ noun

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The verdict

“Trift” is uncommon German (frequency #88,403 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#88,403
frequency rank, German
2,684
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der Weg, auf dem das Vieh zur Weide getrieben wurde, oder die Weide selbst

Corpus desk

Index DE-trift · Trift · German

Trift · rank #88,403 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #88,403
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,684
  • PHOTO-FINISH trout

Nearest frequency peer: trout (+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 „Trift“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Trift“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Trift
PropertyValue
HeadwordTrift
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[tʁɪft]
Letters5
Frequency rank#88,403
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Trift“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Triftfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „trout“ (#88,404), „Tribun“ (#88,401), „Träumereien“ (#88,405). Unter 2,684 „T“-Lemmata liegt „Trift“ bei #88,403. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Trift is uncommon German at frequency #88,403 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [tʁɪft]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Trift, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Trift, spelled T-R-I-F-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    der Weg, auf dem das Vieh zur Weide getrieben wurde, oder die Weide selbst
  2. 2
    die Flur
  3. 3
    das Flößen von einzelnen Stämmen auf Bächen und kleinen Flüssen
  4. 4
    die Strömung im Meer

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Trift appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Das Vieh befand sich noch auf der Trift.
  2. „Die unheilvollen Berge lassen wir links liegen und gehen durch das Tal der Dobrava, an wundervoll grünen Triften und sanften Hügeln entlang.“

Synonyms

WeideHolzflößungHolztrift

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Trift"?
"Trift" is spelled T-R-I-F-T. The IPA pronunciation is [tʁɪft].
What does "Trift" mean?
As a noun, "Trift" means: der Weg, auf dem das Vieh zur Weide getrieben wurde, oder die Weide selbst
How do you pronounce "Trift"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Trift" is [tʁɪft]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Trift" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Trift", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

trout#88,404thief#88,390tauge#88,376Volte#88,488

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list