Trittau

[ˈtʁɪtaʊ̯]

/[ˈtʁɪtaʊ̯]/ name

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The verdict

“Trittau” is uncommon German (frequency #99,194 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#99,194
frequency rank, German
2,684
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Gemeinde im Kreis Stormarn in Schleswig-Holstein

Corpus desk

Index DE-trittau · Trittau · German

Trittau · rank #99,194 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #99,194
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,684
  • PHOTO-FINISH Tripoli

Nearest frequency peer: Tripoli (-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 „Trittau“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Trittau
PropertyValue
HeadwordTrittau
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ˈtʁɪtaʊ̯]
Letters7
Frequency rank#99,194
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Trittau“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Tripoli“ (#99,193), „Tropfsteinhöhle“ (#99,195), „trotzige“ (#99,196). Unter 2,684 „T“-Lemmata liegt „Trittau“ bei #99,194. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Trittau is uncommon German at frequency #99,194 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈtʁɪtaʊ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Gemeinde im Kreis Stormarn in Schleswig-Holstein".

Zero misspellings are on record for Trittau in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Trittau, spelled T-R-I-T-T-A-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Gemeinde im Kreis Stormarn in Schleswig-Holstein

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Trittau liegt etwa 30 Kilometer östlich von Hamburg.
  2. Wir fahren immer wieder gern nach Trittau.

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 "Trittau"?
"Trittau" is spelled T-R-I-T-T-A-U. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈtʁɪtaʊ̯].
What does "Trittau" mean?
As a proper noun, "Trittau" means: eine Gemeinde im Kreis Stormarn in Schleswig-Holstein
How do you pronounce "Trittau"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Trittau" is [ˈtʁɪtaʊ̯]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Trittau" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Tripoli#99,193typhoon#99,202Tönning#99,204Tenside#99,170

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list