Troglodyt
[tʁoɡloˈdyːt]
The verdict
“Troglodyt” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mensch, der in Höhlen lebt
Corpus desk
Index DE-troglodyt · Troglodyt · German
Troglodyt · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Troglodyt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [tʁoɡloˈdyːt] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Troglodyt“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Troglodyt is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [tʁoɡloˈdyːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mensch, der in Höhlen lebt".
Troglodyt has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Troglodyt, spelled T-R-O-G-L-O-D-Y-T.
Definition
- 1Mensch, der in Höhlen lebt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Troglodyt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Troglodyten ist ein allgemeiner Name, den die Alten gewissen Völkern geben, welche in Höhlen und unterirdischen Wohnungen leben. Die Pygmäen waren, nach Aristotelis Bericht, solche Troglodyten.“
„[…] dannenhero sah ich zugleich die Ebenbilder der Chinesen und Afrikaner, Troglodyten und Novazembler, Tatarn und Mexikaner, Samojeden und Molukkenser, ja auch von denen, so unter den Polis arctico und antarctico wohnen, das wohl ein seltsames Spektakul war; […]“
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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.