Maibaum
[ˈmaɪ̯ˌbaʊ̯m]
The verdict
“Maibaum” is uncommon German (frequency #58,072 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,072
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - langer, geschmückter Baum oder glatter Baumstamm, der bei Festen im Frühjahr, oft am 1. Mai, auf dem Festplatz oder am Haus aufgestellt wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-maibaum · Maibaum · German
Maibaum · rank #58,072 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,072
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH Machtwechsel
Nearest frequency peer: Machtwechsel (-2 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 „Maibaum“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- maa
maa
41,932 corpus weight
- Machtwechsel
Machtwechsel
41,931 corpus weight
- Maibaum
Maibaum
41,929 corpus weight
- malo
malo
41,927 corpus weight
- malten
malten
41,926 corpus weight
- Mannschafts…
Mannschaftskapitän
41,925 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Maibaum“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Maibaum |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmaɪ̯ˌbaʊ̯m] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #58,072 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Maibaum“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Maibaum is uncommon German at frequency #58,072 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmaɪ̯ˌbaʊ̯m]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "langer, geschmückter Baum oder glatter Baumstamm, der bei Festen im Frühjahr, oft am 1. Mai, auf dem Festplatz oder am Haus aufgestellt wird".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Maibaum, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Maibaum, spelled M-A-I-B-A-U-M.
Definition
- 1langer, geschmückter Baum oder glatter Baumstamm, der bei Festen im Frühjahr, oft am 1. Mai, auf dem Festplatz oder am Haus aufgestellt wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Maibaum appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der Maibaum und das Aufstellen des geschmückten Baumes oder Stammes am letzten Tag des Aprils, am 1. Mai, an Pfingsten oder an Johanni ist ein in vielen Teilen Deutschlands aber auch in Nord- und Mitteleuropa verbreitetes Brauchtum.“
„In jeder Region kann der Maibaum anders aussehen.“
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); 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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