makaber
[maˈkaːbɐ]
The verdict
“makaber” is uncommon German (frequency #55,531 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,531
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine groteske Form von Humor betreffend (oft im Zusammenhang mit Tod oder Krankheit verwendet)
Corpus desk
Index DE-makaber · makaber · German
makaber · rank #55,531 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,531
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH Mamis
Nearest frequency peer: Mamis (+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 „makaber“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Maintal
Maintal
44,472 corpus weight
- makaber
makaber
44,470 corpus weight
- Mamis
Mamis
44,469 corpus weight
- managed
managed
44,468 corpus weight
- manisch
manisch
44,467 corpus weight
- Mannheims
Mannheims
44,466 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „makaber“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | makaber |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [maˈkaːbɐ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #55,531 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „makaber“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
makaber is uncommon German at frequency #55,531 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [maˈkaːbɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for makaber in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is makaber, spelled M-A-K-A-B-E-R.
Definition
- 1eine groteske Form von Humor betreffend (oft im Zusammenhang mit Tod oder Krankheit verwendet)
- 2unheimlich wirkend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how makaber appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Diese Art Humor ist mir zu makaber.
Die Flutkatastrophe vom zweiten Weihnachtstag ist mehr als nur eine Katastrophe, sie ist auch, so makaber es klingt, zu einem Riesengeschäft geworden.
Synonyms
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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