Feldmaus
[ˈfɛltˌmaʊ̯s]
The verdict
“Feldmaus” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - eine kleine graubraune Wühlmaus, die auf Feldern und Wiesen lebt
Corpus desk
Index DE-feldmaus · Feldmaus · German
Feldmaus · 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 "F" 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 | Feldmaus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfɛltˌmaʊ̯s] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Feldmaus“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Feldmaus is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfɛltˌmaʊ̯s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine kleine graubraune Wühlmaus, die auf Feldern und Wiesen lebt".
No misspelling variants are generated for Feldmaus in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Feldmaus, spelled F-E-L-D-M-A-U-S.
Definition
- 1eine kleine graubraune Wühlmaus, die auf Feldern und Wiesen lebt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Feldmaus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Feldmaus kann bis 10 cm groß werden.
Das Feld ist von Feldmäusen durchlöchert.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.