Machtwort
[ˈmaxtˌvɔʁt]
The verdict
“Machtwort” is uncommon German (frequency #58,986 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,986
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - von einer einzelnen Person getroffene Entscheidung, die aufgrund deren Kompetenz, Autorität zwingend so angenommen werden muss
Corpus desk
Index DE-machtwort · Machtwort · German
Machtwort · rank #58,986 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,986
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH Machtkämpfe
Nearest frequency peer: Machtkämpfe (-1 rank slots)
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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Machtwort“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- luftigen
luftigen
41,020 corpus weight
- Machtkämpfe
Machtkämpfe
41,016 corpus weight
- Machtwort
Machtwort
41,015 corpus weight
- Mandarinen
Mandarinen
41,013 corpus weight
- mangelndem
mangelndem
41,012 corpus weight
- Maskerade
Maskerade
41,009 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Machtwort“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Machtwort |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmaxtˌvɔʁt] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #58,986 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Machtwort“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Machtwort is uncommon German at frequency #58,986 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmaxtˌvɔʁt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "von einer einzelnen Person getroffene Entscheidung, die aufgrund deren Kompetenz, Autorität zwingend so angenommen werden muss".
Zero misspellings are on record for Machtwort in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Machtwort, spelled M-A-C-H-T-W-O-R-T.
Definition
- 1von einer einzelnen Person getroffene Entscheidung, die aufgrund deren Kompetenz, Autorität zwingend so angenommen werden muss
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Machtwort appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Diese Schlamperei ist untragbar, es ist Zeit für ein Machtwort vom Direktor.
„Als ich ihn fragte, warum er nicht ein Machtwort sprach, um seine Enkelin vor der Beschneidung zu retten, spielte er den Ahnungslosen.“
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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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).