Triphthong
[tʁɪfˈtɔŋ]
The verdict
“Triphthong” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Kombination aus drei Vokalen hintereinander
Corpus desk
Index DE-triphthong · Triphthong · German
Triphthong · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | Triphthong |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [tʁɪfˈtɔŋ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Triphthong“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Triphthong is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [tʁɪfˈtɔŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Kombination aus drei Vokalen hintereinander".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Triphthong in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Triphthong, spelled T-R-I-P-H-T-H-O-N-G.
Definition
- 1Kombination aus drei Vokalen hintereinander
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Triphthong appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Im Hochdeutschen kommen Triphthonge fast nie vor, weil sie im Laufe der Sprachgeschichte zu Diphthongen oder einfachen Vokalen vereinfacht wurden.“
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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.