malm

[malm]

/[malm]/ verb

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The verdict

“malm” is uncommon German (frequency #70,540 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,540
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs malmen

Corpus desk

Index DE-malm · malm · German

malm · rank #70,540 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,540
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH Majestäten

Nearest frequency peer: Majestäten (-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 „malm“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for malm
PropertyValue
Headwordmalm
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[malm]
Letters4
Frequency rank#70,540
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „malm“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).malmfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Majestäten“ (#70,539), „Mammon“ (#70,541), „manage“ (#70,542). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „malm“ bei #70,540. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

malm is uncommon German at frequency #70,540 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [malm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs malmen".

Zero misspellings are on record for malm in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is malm, spelled M-A-L-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs malmen

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 "malm"?
"malm" is spelled M-A-L-M. The IPA pronunciation is [malm].
What does "malm" mean?
As a verb, "malm" means: 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs malmen
How do you pronounce "malm"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "malm" is [malm]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "malm" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Maia#70,536Lyle#70,528mela#70,563Klei#70,463

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list