trolls

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The verdict

“trolls” is uncommon German (frequency #58,370 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,370
frequency rank, German
2,684
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs troll

Corpus desk

Index DE-trolls · trolls · German

trolls · rank #58,370 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,370
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,684
  • PHOTO-FINISH traumhafter

Nearest frequency peer: traumhafter (-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 „trolls“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for trolls
PropertyValue
Headwordtrolls
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[…]
Letters6
Frequency rank#58,370
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „trolls“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).trollsfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „traumhafter“ (#58,369), „Typografie“ (#58,371), „Transvestiten“ (#58,368). Unter 2,684 „T“-Lemmata liegt „trolls“ bei #58,370. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

trolls is uncommon German at frequency #58,370 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs troll".

No misspelling variants are generated for trolls in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is trolls, spelled T-R-O-L-L-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs troll

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 "trolls"?
"trolls" is spelled T-R-O-L-L-S. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "trolls" mean?
As a verb, "trolls" means: 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs troll
How do you pronounce "trolls"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "trolls" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list