Flügelmutter
[ˈflyːɡl̩ˌmʊtɐ]
The verdict
“Flügelmutter” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Schraubenmutter mit zwei flügelartigen Ansätzen, um die Mutter mit der Hand festzuziehen
Corpus desk
Index DE-flugelmutter · Flügelmutter · German
Flügelmutter · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Flügelmutter |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈflyːɡl̩ˌmʊtɐ] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Flügelmutter“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Flügelmutter is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈflyːɡl̩ˌmʊtɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Schraubenmutter mit zwei flügelartigen Ansätzen, um die Mutter mit der Hand festzuziehen".
Zero misspellings are on record for Flügelmutter in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Flügelmutter, spelled F-L-Ü-G-E-L-M-U-T-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Schraubenmutter mit zwei flügelartigen Ansätzen, um die Mutter mit der Hand festzuziehen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Flügelmutter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Zieh' bitte diese Flügelmutter fest.
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.