Trittbrett
[ˈtʁɪtˌbʁɛt]
The verdict
“Trittbrett” 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) - Stufe, die das Einsteigen in ein Fahrzeug erleichtert
Corpus desk
Index DE-trittbrett · Trittbrett · German
Trittbrett · 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 | Trittbrett |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈtʁɪtˌbʁɛt] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Trittbrett“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Trittbrett is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈtʁɪtˌbʁɛt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Stufe, die das Einsteigen in ein Fahrzeug erleichtert".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Trittbrett, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Trittbrett, spelled T-R-I-T-T-B-R-E-T-T.
Definition
- 1Stufe, die das Einsteigen in ein Fahrzeug erleichtert
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Trittbrett appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ich stieg auf das Trittbrett, und schon ruckte er an.“
„Die Waggons sind verschlossen, jeder Waggon hat seinen Aufseher, auf den Trittbrettern stehen bewaffnete Soldaten.“
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.