Trochäus
German, noun/tʁɔˈxɛːʊs/
Trochäus is spelled T-R-O-C-H-Ä-U-S (8 letters) and appears about once in every 27 million words in written German, the 301,457th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Trochäus is a German masculine noun meaning “trochee” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “zweisilbiger Versfuß, bei dem auf eine lange/betonte Silbe eine kurze/unbetonte folgt”.
What does Trochäus mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetrochee
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. zweisilbiger Versfuß, bei dem auf eine lange/betonte Silbe eine kurze/unbetonte folgt
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 Trochäus
- Trochäen plural
- Trochaeus obsolete
- Trocheus obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Trochäus?
- /tʁɔˈxɛːʊs/
- [tʁɔˈxɛːʊs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Trochäus
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Trochäus in German?
Trochäus appears about once in every 27 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).