mählich
[ˈmɛːlɪç]
The verdict
“mählich” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. 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) - veraltet, literarisch: langsam
Corpus desk
Index DE-mahlich · mählich · German
mählich · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | mählich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [ˈmɛːlɪç] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „mählich“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
mählich is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed [ˈmɛːlɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "veraltet, literarisch: langsam".
No generated misspelling entries exist for mählich in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is mählich, spelled M-Ä-H-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1veraltet, literarisch: langsam
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how mählich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Dazu einige Puppenspieler und etliche Musiker - und nicht zu vergessen: Claudia Reh, die per ‚Echtzeitlicht‘ mit vier Polyluxen und tropfender Wasserflasche die Fassaden mählich bebilderte.“
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.