tropisch
[ˈtʁoːpɪʃ]
The verdict
“tropisch” is an uncommon German word, ranked #74,082 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #74,082
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - die Tropen betreffend, sich auf die Tropen beziehend
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tropisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈtʁoːpɪʃ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #74,082 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tropisch” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for tropisch is 8 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈtʁoːpɪʃ]. Corpus data places it at rank #74,082 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for tropisch in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is tropisch, spelled T-R-O-P-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1die Tropen betreffend, sich auf die Tropen beziehend
- 2Astronomie: auf den Frühlingspunkt bezogen
- 3in der Art der Tropen (Einzahl: Trope/Tropus), uneigentlich, bildlich, bildhaft
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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.
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Using “tropisch”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is T-R-O-P-I-S-C-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈtʁoːpɪʃ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.