Trog

[tʁoːk]

/[tʁoːk]/ noun

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Trog
PropertyValue
HeadwordTrog
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[tʁoːk]
Letters4
Frequency rank#50,115
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Trog“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Trogfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Traummann“ (#50,114), „Tune“ (#50,116), „Traumhaus“ (#50,113). Unter 2,684 „T“-Lemmata liegt „Trog“ bei #50,115. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    größeres längliches Gefäß, in das man zum Beispiel Wasser oder Futter für Tiere gibt oder in dem Teig zubereitet wurde
  2. 2
    Tiefdruckgebiet innerhalb der Strömung auf der Rückseite eines sich abbauenden Tiefdruckgebiets
  3. 3
    mit Sedimenten angefülltes Becken

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Geh und füll Futter in den Trog! Die Schweine haben Hunger.
  2. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Trog"?
"Trog" is spelled T-R-O-G. The IPA pronunciation is [tʁoːk].
What does "Trog" mean?
As a noun, "Trog" means: größeres längliches Gefäß, in das man zum Beispiel Wasser oder Futter für Tiere gibt oder in dem Teig zubereitet wurde
How do you pronounce "Trog"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Trog" is [tʁoːk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Trog" come from?
"Trog" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list