triftig
[ˈtʁɪftɪç]
The verdict
“triftig” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - treffend, zutreffend; zwingend, schlüssig; (sehr) überzeugend, schwerwiegend, stichhaltig, wichtig
Corpus desk
Index DE-triftig · triftig · German
triftig · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | triftig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈtʁɪftɪç] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „triftig“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
triftig is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈtʁɪftɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
triftig doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 triftig, spelled T-R-I-F-T-I-G.
Definition
- 1treffend, zutreffend; zwingend, schlüssig; (sehr) überzeugend, schwerwiegend, stichhaltig, wichtig
- 2für treibende, herrenlose Gegenstände im oder auf dem Wasser, insbesondere auch Eisschollen, Treibholz
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how triftig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sage mir ein paar triftige Gründe, warum du nicht gekommen bist!
Niemand nahm Notiz vom triftigen Boot.
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.