Gletschermühle
[ˈɡlɛt͡ʃɐˌmyːlə]
The verdict
“Gletschermühle” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - horizontaler Schacht, der sich durch strömendes Schmelzwasser in einem Gletscher gebildet hat
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Index DE-gletschermuhle · Gletschermühle · German
Gletschermühle · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" 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 | Gletschermühle |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡlɛt͡ʃɐˌmyːlə] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Gletschermühle“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Gletschermühle is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡlɛt͡ʃɐˌmyːlə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "horizontaler Schacht, der sich durch strömendes Schmelzwasser in einem Gletscher gebildet hat".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Gletschermühle in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Gletschermühle, spelled G-L-E-T-S-C-H-E-R-M-Ü-H-L-E.
Definition
- 1horizontaler Schacht, der sich durch strömendes Schmelzwasser in einem Gletscher gebildet hat
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Gletschermühle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Gletschermühle ist, wie der Name schon sagt, ein Zeitzeuge der Eiszeit.“
„Zunächst strömt Schmelzwasser durch eine Gletschermühle – ein größeres Loch im Eis – zum Grund des Gletschers.“
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.