Trugschluss
German, noun[ˈtʁuːkʃlʊs]
Trugschluss is spelled T-R-U-G-S-C-H-L-U-S-S (11 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 52,749th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Trugschluss is a German masculine noun meaning “fallacy (false argument)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “falscher Schluss, der auf den ersten Blick richtig erscheint”.
What does Trugschluss mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefallacy (false argument)
- 2
masculinedeceptive cadence, interrupted cadence
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. falscher Schluss, der auf den ersten Blick richtig erscheint
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 Trugschluss
- Trugschlusses genitive
- Trugschlüsse plural
- Trugschlusse dative singular
- Trugschlüssen dative definite plural
- Trugschluß alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Trugschluss?
- [ˈtʁuːkʃlʊs]
- [ˈtʁuːkˌʃlʊs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Trugschluss
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Trugschluss in German?
Trugschluss appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).