Trugbild
[ˈtʁuːkˌbɪlt]
The verdict
“Trugbild” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bild/Vorstellung, die etwas nicht Vorhandenes darstellt
Corpus desk
Index DE-trugbild · Trugbild · German
Trugbild · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Trugbild |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈtʁuːkˌbɪlt] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Trugbild“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Trugbild is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈtʁuːkˌbɪlt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bild/Vorstellung, die etwas nicht Vorhandenes darstellt".
Trugbild has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Trugbild, spelled T-R-U-G-B-I-L-D.
Definition
- 1Bild/Vorstellung, die etwas nicht Vorhandenes darstellt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Trugbild appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Es war kein Trugbild.“
„Schließlich konnten die Dämonen, die sich Pachecos bemächtigt hatten, ja auch seine Sinne verwirren und ihm allerlei Trugbilder vorgaukeln.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.