Mäander
[mɛˈandɐ]
The verdict
“Mäander” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eine Folge von starken, die Richtung wechselnden Fluss- oder Bachwindungen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Mäander |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [mɛˈandɐ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Mäander” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Mäander is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [mɛˈandɐ]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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])
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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.
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Using “Mäander”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is M-Ä-A-N-D-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [mɛˈandɐ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.