Türgriff
[ˈtyːɐ̯ˌɡʁɪf]
The verdict
“Türgriff” is uncommon German (frequency #91,014 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,014
- frequency rank, German
- 2,684
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vorrichtung an einer Tür, mit deren Hilfe man sie öffnen/schließen kann
Corpus desk
Index DE-turgriff · Türgriff · German
Türgriff · rank #91,014 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,014
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,684
- PHOTO-FINISH Tüchtigkeit
Nearest frequency peer: Tüchtigkeit (-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 „Türgriff“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- tätowierten
tätowierten
8,990 corpus weight
- törichte
törichte
8,989 corpus weight
- Tüchtigkeit
Tüchtigkeit
8,988 corpus weight
- Türgriff
Türgriff
8,987 corpus weight
- umeinander
umeinander
8,985 corpus weight
- umgeändert
umgeändert
8,984 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Türgriff“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Türgriff |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈtyːɐ̯ˌɡʁɪf] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #91,014 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Türgriff“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Türgriff is uncommon German at frequency #91,014 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈtyːɐ̯ˌɡʁɪf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Vorrichtung an einer Tür, mit deren Hilfe man sie öffnen/schließen kann".
Zero misspellings are on record for Türgriff in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Türgriff, spelled T-Ü-R-G-R-I-F-F.
Definition
- 1Vorrichtung an einer Tür, mit deren Hilfe man sie öffnen/schließen kann
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Türgriff appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„In dem Moment, als der Türgriff aufhörte zu rütteln, setzte das Klopfen wieder ein.“
„Dabei klammerte er sich ganz fest an den Türgriff auf der Innenseite, Michalis war nämlich noch schneller unterwegs als Hans.“
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.
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