Malaise
[maˈlɛːzə]
The verdict
“Malaise” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - schlechte Stimmung
Corpus desk
Index DE-malaise · Malaise · German
Malaise · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Malaise |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [maˈlɛːzə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Malaise“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Malaise is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [maˈlɛːzə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Malaise has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 Malaise, spelled M-A-L-A-I-S-E.
Definition
- 1schlechte Stimmung
- 2Misere; Situation, die nicht zufriedenstellend ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Malaise appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Vor allem aber sind die Proteste Ausdruck eines extremen sozialen Malaises, einer bodenlosen Verzweiflung […]“
Am Anfang berichtet er von dem ungemütlichen Abendessen, das hinter ihm liegt, doch dann kommt er gleich zur Sache, erzählt von der ganzen Malaise, die er zu Hause hat, Jeannettes Zustand und ihr Benehmen, was seine Mutter gesagt hat über Jeannettes erste Schwangerschaft, der ertrunkene Seemann kommt vor, denn besser weiß er es immer noch nicht.
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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.