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Trittbrettfahrerei

German, noun[ˈtʁɪtbʁɛtfaːʁəˌraɪ̯]

Trittbrettfahrerei is a German feminine noun meaning “freeloading” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does Trittbrettfahrerei mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininefreeloading

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of Trittbrettfahrerei

  • Trittbrettfahrereien plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Trittbrettfahrerei?

  • [ˈtʁɪtbʁɛtfaːʁəˌraɪ̯]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is Trittbrettfahrerei in German?

Trittbrettfahrerei appears about once in every 83 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).