malin

[ˈmalɪn]

/[ˈmalɪn]/ noun

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The verdict

“malin” is uncommon German (frequency #52,263 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,263
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-malin · malin · German

malin · rank #52,263 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,263
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH Mads

Nearest frequency peer: Mads (-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 „malin“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for malin
PropertyValue
Headwordmalin
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈmalɪn]
Letters5
Frequency rank#52,263
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „malin“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).malinfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Mads“ (#52,262), „Maniküre“ (#52,264), „Machart“ (#52,261). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „malin“ bei #52,263. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

malin is uncommon German at frequency #52,263 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmalɪn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Genitiv Plural des Substantivs malina".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for malin, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is malin, spelled M-A-L-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs malina

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 "malin"?
"malin" is spelled M-A-L-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmalɪn].
What does "malin" mean?
As a noun, "malin" means: Genitiv Plural des Substantivs malina
How do you pronounce "malin"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "malin" is [ˈmalɪn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "malin" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

maple#52,266Lobes#52,253letze#52,243lasch#52,237

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list