triftigen

[ˈtʁɪftɪɡn̩]

/[ˈtʁɪftɪɡn̩]/ adj

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The verdict

“triftigen” is uncommon German (frequency #55,777 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,777
frequency rank, German
2,684
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs triftig

Corpus desk

Index DE-triftigen · triftigen · German

triftigen · rank #55,777 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,777
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,684
  • PHOTO-FINISH Trauungen

Nearest frequency peer: Trauungen (-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 „triftigen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for triftigen
PropertyValue
Headwordtriftigen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈtʁɪftɪɡn̩]
Letters9
Frequency rank#55,777
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „triftigen“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.triftigenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Trauungen“ (#55,776), „tristen“ (#55,778), „transformieren“ (#55,775). Unter 2,684 „T“-Lemmata liegt „triftigen“ bei #55,777. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

triftigen is uncommon German at frequency #55,777 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈtʁɪftɪɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 12 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for triftigen, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is triftigen, spelled T-R-I-F-T-I-G-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs triftig
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs triftig
  3. 3
    Genitiv Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs triftig
  4. 4
    Dativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs triftig
  5. 5
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs triftig
  6. 6
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs triftig
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs triftig
  8. 8
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs triftig
  9. 9
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs triftig
  10. 10
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs triftig
  11. 11
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs triftig
  12. 12
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs triftig

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 "triftigen"?
"triftigen" is spelled T-R-I-F-T-I-G-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈtʁɪftɪɡn̩].
What does "triftigen" mean?
As an adjective, "triftigen" means: Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs triftig
How do you pronounce "triftigen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "triftigen" is [ˈtʁɪftɪɡn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "triftigen" come from?
"triftigen" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Trauungen#55,776Unfrieden#55,787Tabuthema#55,758Südkoreas#55,756

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list