trippeln
[ˈtʁɪpl̩n]
The verdict
“trippeln” 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) - in kurzen, zügigen Schritten gehen oder laufen
Corpus desk
Index DE-trippeln · trippeln · German
trippeln · 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 | trippeln |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈtʁɪpl̩n] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „trippeln“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
trippeln is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈtʁɪpl̩n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "in kurzen, zügigen Schritten gehen oder laufen".
No generated misspelling entries exist for trippeln in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 trippeln, spelled T-R-I-P-P-E-L-N.
Definition
- 1in kurzen, zügigen Schritten gehen oder laufen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how trippeln appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In ihrem engen Rock konnte sie nur trippeln.
Antonyms
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.