trennen
\ˈtʁɛnən\
The verdict
“trennen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (transitif) Séparer quelqu'un de quelqu'un, quelqu'un de quelque chose, quelque chose de quelque chose.
Corpus desk
Index FR-trennen · trennen · French
trennen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | trennen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈtʁɛnən\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
trennen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈtʁɛnən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 15 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for trennen, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is trennen, spelled T-R-E-N-N-E-N.
Definition
- 1(transitif) Séparer quelqu'un de quelqu'un, quelqu'un de quelque chose, quelque chose de quelque chose.
- 2(transitif) couper (un mot, un verbe, etc.).
- 3(transitif) Départager
- 4(transitif) Cloisonner, compartimenter quelque chose.
- 5(transitif) débrancher.
- 6(transitif) décomposer.
- 7(transitif) déparier, désapparier, désaccoupler, désolidariser
- 8(transitif) découdre, défaire.
- 9(transitif) détacher.
- 10(transitif) disjoindre.
- 11(transitif) dissocier.
- 12(transitif) enlever.
- 13(transitif) espacer.
- 14(transitif) rompre (le lien).
- 15(réfléchi) Se séparer d'un partenaire, d'une association ou d'un parti.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how trennen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Zuletzt wird das Olivenöl wieder in einer Zentrifuge vom Fruchtwasser getrennt, gegebenenfalls gefiltert und in Flaschen oder Kanister abgefüllt.
voneinander trennen.
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.