Trimester

[tʁiˈmɛstɐ]

/[tʁiˈmɛstɐ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Trimester” is uncommon German (frequency #85,955 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,955
frequency rank, German
2,684
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Zeitabschnitt von drei Monaten

Corpus desk

Index DE-trimester · Trimester · German

Trimester · rank #85,955 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,955
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,684
  • PHOTO-FINISH Trennwände

Nearest frequency peer: Trennwände (-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 „Trimester“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Trimester
PropertyValue
HeadwordTrimester
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[tʁiˈmɛstɐ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#85,955
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Trimester“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Trimesterfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Trennwände“ (#85,954), „Trinität“ (#85,956), „treibend“ (#85,953). Unter 2,684 „T“-Lemmata liegt „Trimester“ bei #85,955. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Trimester is uncommon German at frequency #85,955 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [tʁiˈmɛstɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Trimester has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, 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 Trimester, spelled T-R-I-M-E-S-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Zeitabschnitt von drei Monaten
  2. 2
    drei Monate währender Abschnitt eines Schul- oder Studienjahres
  3. 3
    ein Drittel der Dauer einer Schwangerschaft

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Im ersten Trimester des Jahres sank die Arbeitslosigkeit stärker als erwartet.
  2. Jedes Trimester wird mit Klausuren und Prüfungen abgeschlossen.

Synonyms

QuartalVierteljahrTrimenon

This word in other languages

trimester(English)trimestre(Español)trimestre(Français)trimestre(Português)

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 "Trimester"?
"Trimester" is spelled T-R-I-M-E-S-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [tʁiˈmɛstɐ].
What does "Trimester" mean?
As a noun, "Trimester" means: Zeitabschnitt von drei Monaten
How do you pronounce "Trimester"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Trimester" is [tʁiˈmɛstɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Trimester" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Travestie#85,952unheilige#85,973Unterlauf#85,980temporale#85,927

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list