trist
German, adjective/tʁɪst/
trist is spelled T-R-I-S-T (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 56,036th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Trist is a German adjective meaning “dull” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “von schlechter, niedergedrückter Stimmung; traurig”.
What does trist mean in English?
adjective
- 1
dull
- 2
miserable
- 3
sad
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. von schlechter, niedergedrückter Stimmung; traurig 2. so, dass es wenige Reize ausübt; langweilig, öde, karg
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of trist
- trister masculine nominative singular
- am tristesten superlative
- triste feminine nominative singular
- tristes neuter nominative singular
- tristen genitive masculine singular
- tristem dative masculine singular
- der triste definite includes-article masculine
- die triste definite feminine includes-article
- das triste definite includes-article neuter
- die tristen definite includes-article nominative
- des tristen definite genitive includes-article
- der tristen definite feminine genitive
- dem tristen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce trist?
- /tʁɪst/
- [tʁɪst]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to trist
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is trist in German?
trist appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).