Tröster

[ˈtʁøːstɐ]

/[ˈtʁøːstɐ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Tröster” is uncommon German (frequency #70,894 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,894
frequency rank, German
2,684
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die andere Personen tröstet

Corpus desk

Index DE-troster · Tröster · German

Tröster · rank #70,894 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,894
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,684
  • PHOTO-FINISH trostlosen

Nearest frequency peer: trostlosen (-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 „Tröster“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Tröster“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Tröster
PropertyValue
HeadwordTröster
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈtʁøːstɐ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#70,894
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Tröster“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Trösterfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „trostlosen“ (#70,893), „Tschechiens“ (#70,895), „Trinkwassers“ (#70,892). Unter 2,684 „T“-Lemmata liegt „Tröster“ bei #70,894. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Tröster is uncommon German at frequency #70,894 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈtʁøːstɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Person, die andere Personen tröstet".

No misspelling variants are generated for Tröster in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Tröster, spelled T-R-Ö-S-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Person, die andere Personen tröstet

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Tröster appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „In einer bestimmten Zeit galten Bartender als die Tröster, Beichtväter und Gesprächspartner der einsamen Trinker.“
  2. „Die Jesuiten galten als Tröster junger reicher Witwen.“

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Tröster"?
"Tröster" is spelled T-R-Ö-S-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈtʁøːstɐ].
What does "Tröster" mean?
As a noun, "Tröster" means: Person, die andere Personen tröstet
How do you pronounce "Tröster"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Tröster" is [ˈtʁøːstɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Tröster" come from?
"Tröster" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Tröster", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list