malina

[ˈmalɪna]

/[ˈmalɪna]/ noun

The verdict

“malina” is uncommon German (frequency #81,843 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,843
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kleine, meist rote, kugelige Frucht, die an stacheligen Sträuchern wächst

Corpus desk

Index DE-malina · malina · German

malina · rank #81,843 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,843
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH malerischer

Nearest frequency peer: malerischer (-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 „malina“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for malina
PropertyValue
Headwordmalina
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈmalɪna]
Letters6
Frequency rank#81,843
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „malina“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „malerischer“ (#81,842), „mako“ (#81,841), „Mainburg“ (#81,840). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „malina“ bei #81,843. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

malina is uncommon German at frequency #81,843 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmalɪna]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "kleine, meist rote, kugelige Frucht, die an stacheligen Sträuchern wächst".

No misspelling variants are generated for malina in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is malina, spelled M-A-L-I-N-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    kleine, meist rote, kugelige Frucht, die an stacheligen Sträuchern wächst

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how malina appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Můj oblíbený dezert je zmrzlinový pohár s horkými malinami.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "malina"?
"malina" is spelled M-A-L-I-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmalɪna].
What does "malina" mean?
As a noun, "malina" means: kleine, meist rote, kugelige Frucht, die an stacheligen Sträuchern wächst
How do you pronounce "malina"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "malina" is [ˈmalɪna]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "malina" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list