Tropus
German, noun[ˈtʁoːpʊs]
Tropus is spelled T-R-O-P-U-S (6 letters) and appears about once in every 29 million words in written German, the 313,524th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tropus is a German masculine noun meaning “trope (figure of speech)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “bildlicher Ausdruck, Wort mit übertragener Bedeutung”.
What does Tropus mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetrope (figure of speech)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. bildlicher Ausdruck, Wort mit übertragener Bedeutung
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 Tropus
- Tropen nominative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Tropus?
- [ˈtʁoːpʊs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Tropus
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Tropus in German?
Tropus appears about once in every 29 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).