Mäander
[mɛˈandɐ]
The verdict
“Mäander” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Folge von starken, die Richtung wechselnden Fluss- oder Bachwindungen
Corpus desk
Index DE-maander · Mäander · German
Mäander · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" 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 | Mäander |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [mɛˈandɐ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Mäander“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Mäander is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [mɛˈandɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Mäander, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Mäander, spelled M-Ä-A-N-D-E-R.
Definition
- 1eine Folge von starken, die Richtung wechselnden Fluss- oder Bachwindungen
- 2ein kurvenreicher, vielgewundener Verlauf eines Weges, einer Straße, eines Flusses und Ähnliches; kurvenreiches, verschlungenes Muster, Design
- 3ein wellenförmiges Linienornament oder Zierband auf Vasen, Teppichen oder anderen Kunsthandwerksgegenständen, Kleidungsstücken (Bordüren), Gebäudeteilen (benannt nach den vielen Krümmungen und Biegungen von [1])
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Mäander appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Flüsse mit starken Mäandern wurden teilweise begradigt, um Schifffahrt zu ermöglichen.
Die Rohre unserer Fußbodenheizung sind so verlegt, dass sie Mäander bilden.
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.