en masse
[ɑ̃ːˈmas]
The verdict
“en masse” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - gehoben: massenhaft, in sehr großer Menge oder Zahl; gar nicht wenig
Corpus desk
Index DE-en-masse · en masse · German
en masse · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" 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 | en masse |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ɑ̃ːˈmas] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „en masse“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
en masse is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ɑ̃ːˈmas]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "gehoben: massenhaft, in sehr großer Menge oder Zahl; gar nicht wenig".
en masse has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is en masse, spelled E-N- -M-A-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1gehoben: massenhaft, in sehr großer Menge oder Zahl; gar nicht wenig
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how en masse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Damit nicht genug, hat er ein billionenschweres Programm angeschoben, bei dem die Fed Staatsanleihen und Hypothekenpapiere en masse ankauft.“
Der BVB war drückend überlegen, hatte Torchancen en masse - besonders durch Marco Reus und Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
Synonyms
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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.