TU
German, noun
TU is spelled T-U (2 letters) and appears 32 times per million words in written German, the 2,594th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). TU is a German noun meaning “initialism of Technisch Universität, a university of technology” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, tü. is a different word: “abbreviation of türkisch”. In lower case, tu is a different word: “singular imperative of tun”.
What does TU mean in English?
noun
- 1
initialism of Technisch Universität, a university of technology.
adjective
- 1
abbreviation of türkisch
verb
- 1
singular imperative of tun
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
abbreviation: 1. Technische Universität 2. Kraftfahrzeugkennzeichen für den niederösterreichischen Bezirk Tulln
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 TU
- TUs nominative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is TU in German?
TU appears 32 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).