träge

\ˈtʁɛːɡə\

/\ˈtʁɛːɡə\/ adj

The verdict

“träge” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
5
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Inerte : lent, peu réactif de comportement.

Corpus desk

Index FR-trage · träge · French

träge · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MID 5 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.

Key facts for träge
PropertyValue
Headwordträge
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ˈtʁɛːɡə\
Letters5
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « träge » en français

trägereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

träge is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈtʁɛːɡə\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for träge in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is träge, spelled T-R-Ä-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Inerte : lent, peu réactif de comportement.
  2. 2
    Inerte : lent, lourd, peu réactif vis-à-vis de sollicitations ; aussi parfois inertiel.
  3. 3
    Retard, retardé, pour un fusible.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how träge appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Große, etablierte Gewerkschaften gelten in den USA als eingerostete, träge Apparate und werden oft als irrelevant betrachtet, angesichts des Niedergangs der verarbeitenden Industrie.
  2. Indem der Mann die Frau als träge, ungeduldig, listig, dumm, unsensibel, geil, wild, gedemütigt sieht, projiziert er die Eigenschaften sämtlicher Tierweibchen auf sie.

Synonyms

Antonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "träge"?
"träge" is spelled T-R-Ä-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈtʁɛːɡə\.
What does "träge" mean?
As an adjective, "träge" means: Inerte : lent, peu réactif de comportement.
How do you pronounce "träge"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "träge" is \ˈtʁɛːɡə\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "träge" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list