trillern
[ˈtʁɪlɐn]
The verdict
“trillern” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein Geräusch von sich geben, wie es eine Nachtigall tut
Corpus desk
Index DE-trillern · trillern · German
trillern · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | trillern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈtʁɪlɐn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „trillern“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
trillern is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈtʁɪlɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
trillern has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is trillern, spelled T-R-I-L-L-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1ein Geräusch von sich geben, wie es eine Nachtigall tut
- 2singen, einen Triller ausstoßen
- 3eine Trillerpfeife benutzen
- 4Alkohol trinken
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how trillern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wir hörten die Nachtigall trillern.
Fröhlich trillerte die Kleine ein Kinderlied.
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.