-trop
[ˈtʁoːp]
The verdict
“-trop” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a suffix. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Wendung
Corpus desk
Index DE-trop · -trop · German
-trop · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "-" 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 | -trop |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Suffix |
| IPA | [ˈtʁoːp] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „-trop“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
-trop is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as asuffix, transcribed [ˈtʁoːp]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Wendung".
-trop doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 -trop, spelled --T-R-O-P.
Definition
- 1Wendung
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how -trop appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die phototropen Gläser einer Brille tönen sich selbst.
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.