TÜV
German, noun/tʏf/
TÜV is spelled T-Ü-V (3 letters) and appears 6.6 times per million words in written German, the 9,876th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). TÜV is a German masculine noun meaning “MOT (UK), vehicle inspection (US)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Technischer Überwachungs-Verein, der Einrichtungen betreibt, bei denen unter anderem die vorgeschriebenen…”.
What does TÜV mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineMOT (UK), vehicle inspection (US)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Technischer Überwachungs-Verein, der Einrichtungen betreibt, bei denen unter anderem die vorgeschriebenen regelmäßigen Begutachtungen der Kraftfahrzeuge vorgenommen werden 2. die Zulassung eines Fahrzeugs zum Straßenverkehr
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 TÜV
- TÜVs genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce TÜV?
- /tʏf/
- [tʏf]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is TÜV in German?
TÜV appears 6.6 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).