Trompe
German, noun[ˈtʁɔmpə]
Trompe is spelled T-R-O-M-P-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 154,802nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Trompe is a German feminine noun meaning “squinch” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nischenartige/konkave Wölbung über einem tragenden Bogen zwischen zwei rechtwinklig zueinander stehenden…”.
What does Trompe mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesquinch
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. nischenartige/konkave Wölbung über einem tragenden Bogen zwischen zwei rechtwinklig zueinander stehenden Mauern
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 Trompe
- Trompen nominative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Trompe?
- [ˈtʁɔmpə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Trompe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Trompe in German?
Trompe appears about once in every 9 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).