Dampfmühle
[ˈdamp͡fˌmyːlə]
The verdict
“Dampfmühle” 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) - durch Dampfkraft angetriebene Mühle
Corpus desk
Index DE-dampfmuhle · Dampfmühle · German
Dampfmühle · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" 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 | Dampfmühle |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdamp͡fˌmyːlə] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Dampfmühle“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Dampfmühle is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈdamp͡fˌmyːlə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "durch Dampfkraft angetriebene Mühle".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Dampfmühle, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Dampfmühle, spelled D-A-M-P-F-M-Ü-H-L-E.
Definition
- 1durch Dampfkraft angetriebene Mühle
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Dampfmühle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Wittenburg, Stadt in Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Kreis Mecklenburg, an der preuß. Staatsbahnlinie Hagenow-Oldesloe, hat eine evang. Kirche, Amtsgericht, Maschinen-, Holzpantoffel- und Faßdaubenfabrikation, Ziegeleien, Holzsägerei, eine Dampfmühle und (1905) 3277 Einw.“
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.