Bademutter
[ˈbaːdəˌmʊtɐ]
The verdict
“Bademutter” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hebamme
Corpus desk
Index DE-bademutter · Bademutter · German
Bademutter · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" 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 | Bademutter |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbaːdəˌmʊtɐ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Bademutter“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Bademutter is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbaːdəˌmʊtɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hebamme".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Bademutter, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Bademutter, spelled B-A-D-E-M-U-T-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Hebamme
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Bademutter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Unter den Bademüttern hiesiger Stadt ist allemal eine, welche Zeit ihres Lebens jährlich von der Kirche zum Deputat einen Scheffel Rocken bekommt.“
„Das Haus nächst der Oberküsterei belegen gehört auch zur Pfarrkirche und wird von der Bademutter bewohnt.“
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.