Mägde

[ˈmɛːkdə]

/[ˈmɛːkdə]/ noun

The verdict

“Mägde” is uncommon German (frequency #70,597 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,597
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Magd

Corpus desk

Index DE-magde · Mägde · German

Mägde · rank #70,597 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,597
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH Musters

Nearest frequency peer: Musters (-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 „Mägde“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Mägde“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Mägde
PropertyValue
HeadwordMägde
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈmɛːkdə]
Letters5
Frequency rank#70,597
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Mägde“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Mägdefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Musters“ (#70,596), „Muslims“ (#70,595), „möblierte“ (#70,599). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „Mägde“ bei #70,597. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Mägde is uncommon German at frequency #70,597 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmɛːkdə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Mägde, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Mägde, spelled M-Ä-G-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Magd
  2. 2
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Magd
  3. 3
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Magd

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Mägde"?
"Mägde" is spelled M-Ä-G-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmɛːkdə].
What does "Mägde" mean?
As a noun, "Mägde" means: Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Magd
How do you pronounce "Mägde"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Mägde" is [ˈmɛːkdə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Mägde" come from?
"Mägde" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Mägde", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list