tropisch
[ˈtʁoːpɪʃ]
The verdict
“tropisch” is uncommon German (frequency #74,082 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,082
- frequency rank, German
- 2,684
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Tropen betreffend, sich auf die Tropen beziehend
Corpus desk
Index DE-tropisch · tropisch · German
tropisch · rank #74,082 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,082
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,684
- PHOTO-FINISH triumphierend
Nearest frequency peer: triumphierend (-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 „tropisch“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Triathleten
Triathleten
25,922 corpus weight
- triller
triller
25,921 corpus weight
- triumphiere…
triumphierend
25,920 corpus weight
- tropisch
tropisch
25,919 corpus weight
- Trödel
Trödel
25,918 corpus weight
- Uferpromena…
Uferpromenade
25,914 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „tropisch“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| 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) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „tropisch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
tropisch is uncommon German at frequency #74,082 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈtʁoːpɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
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
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tropisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bei dem Hurrikan „Katrina“ handelt es sich um einen extrem starken, tropischen Wirbelsturm.
Es erwartet uns tropische Hitze.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).