Trog
[tʁoːk]
The verdict
“Trog” is uncommon German (frequency #50,115 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,115
- frequency rank, German
- 2,684
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - größeres längliches Gefäß, in das man zum Beispiel Wasser oder Futter für Tiere gibt oder in dem Teig zubereitet wurde
Corpus desk
Index DE-trog · Trog · German
Trog · rank #50,115 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,115
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,684
- PHOTO-FINISH Traummann
Nearest frequency peer: Traummann (-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 „Trog“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- traumatisie…
traumatisierten
49,889 corpus weight
- Traumhaus
Traumhaus
49,888 corpus weight
- Traummann
Traummann
49,887 corpus weight
- Trog
Trog
49,886 corpus weight
- Tune
Tune
49,885 corpus weight
- Türöffner
Türöffner
49,883 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Trog“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Trog |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [tʁoːk] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #50,115 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Trog“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Trog is uncommon German at frequency #50,115 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [tʁoːk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Trog has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Trog, spelled T-R-O-G.
Definition
- 1größeres längliches Gefäß, in das man zum Beispiel Wasser oder Futter für Tiere gibt oder in dem Teig zubereitet wurde
- 2Tiefdruckgebiet innerhalb der Strömung auf der Rückseite eines sich abbauenden Tiefdruckgebiets
- 3mit Sedimenten angefülltes Becken
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Trog appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Geh und füll Futter in den Trog! Die Schweine haben Hunger.
Jeden Donnerstag knetete meine Großmutter den Teig für das Brot im Trog.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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