freimütig

[ˈfʁaɪ̯ˌmyːtɪç]

/[ˈfʁaɪ̯ˌmyːtɪç]/ adj

The verdict

“freimütig” is an uncommon German word, ranked #62,415 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.

#62,415
frequency rank, German
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — ganz offen seine Meinung sagend; ohne Hemmungen oder Scheu von etwas berichtend

Key facts for freimütig
PropertyValue
Headwordfreimütig
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈfʁaɪ̯ˌmyːtɪç]
Letters9
Frequency rank#62,415
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “freimütig” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). freimütig lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for freimütig is 9 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfʁaɪ̯ˌmyːtɪç]. Corpus data places it at rank #62,415 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "ganz offen seine Meinung sagend; ohne Hemmungen oder Scheu von etwas berichtend".

No misspelling variants are generated for freimütig in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is freimütig, spelled F-R-E-I-M-Ü-T-I-G, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    ganz offen seine Meinung sagend; ohne Hemmungen oder Scheu von etwas berichtend

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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "freimütig"?
"freimütig" is spelled F-R-E-I-M-Ü-T-I-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfʁaɪ̯ˌmyːtɪç].
What does "freimütig" mean?
As an adjective, "freimütig" means: ganz offen seine Meinung sagend; ohne Hemmungen oder Scheu von etwas berichtend
How do you pronounce "freimütig"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "freimütig" is [ˈfʁaɪ̯ˌmyːtɪç]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "freimütig" come from?
"freimütig" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “freimütig”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is F-R-E-I-M-Ü-T-I-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈfʁaɪ̯ˌmyːtɪç] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list