Tröte
German, noun
Tröte is spelled T-R-Ö-T-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 115,169th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tröte is a German feminine noun meaning “toy horn, toy trumpet (a small trumpet-like wind instrument, especially for children)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, tröte is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “kleineres, einer Trompete ähnelndes Blasinstrument, besonders für Kinder”.
What does Tröte mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetoy horn, toy trumpet (a small trumpet-like wind instrument, especially for children)
- 2
feminineblowhorn, bullhorn, loudhailer, megaphone
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- 3
singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. kleineres, einer Trompete ähnelndes Blasinstrument, besonders für Kinder 2. trichterförmiges Gerät, das durch Bündelung der Schallwellen oder elektrisch akustische Signale verstärkt
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 Tröte
- Tröten plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is Tröte in German?
Tröte appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).