Mädchen für alles

/[ˈmɛːtçən fyːɐ̯ ˈaləs]/ phrase

Letters

17 characters

Language

German

word origin

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Mädchen für alles is aGermanphrase. It means: Person, die alle anfallenden, meist kleineren Tätigkeiten und Aufgaben übernehmen muss Pronounced [ˈmɛːtçən fyːɐ̯ ˈaləs].

Key facts for Mädchen für alles
PropertyValue
HeadwordMädchen für alles
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[ˈmɛːtçən fyːɐ̯ ˈaləs]
Letters17
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Mädchen für alles is not present in the top-100,000 ranked German corpus, typical for technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary.

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Mädchen für alles is 17 letters long, classified as aphrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈmɛːtçən fyːɐ̯ ˈaləs]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Person, die alle anfallenden, meist kleineren Tätigkeiten und Aufgaben übernehmen muss".

No misspelling variants are generated for Mädchen für alles 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 Mädchen für alles, spelled M-Ä-D-C-H-E-N- -F-Ü-R- -A-L-L-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Person, die alle anfallenden, meist kleineren Tätigkeiten und Aufgaben übernehmen muss

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Mädchen für alles"?
"Mädchen für alles" is spelled M-Ä-D-C-H-E-N- -F-Ü-R- -A-L-L-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmɛːtçən fyːɐ̯ ˈaləs].
What does "Mädchen für alles" mean?
As a phrase, "Mädchen für alles" means: Person, die alle anfallenden, meist kleineren Tätigkeiten und Aufgaben übernehmen muss
How do you pronounce "Mädchen für alles"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Mädchen für alles" is [ˈmɛːtçən fyːɐ̯ ˈaləs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Mädchen für alles" come from?
"Mädchen für alles" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.