malst

[maːlst]

/[maːlst]/ verb

The verdict

“malst” is uncommon German (frequency #75,947 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,947
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-malst · malst · German

malst · rank #75,947 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,947
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH malaysische

Nearest frequency peer: malaysische (-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 „malst“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for malst
PropertyValue
Headwordmalst
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[maːlst]
Letters5
Frequency rank#75,947
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „malst“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „malaysische“ (#75,946), „Manaus“ (#75,948), „Mandelmilch“ (#75,949). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „malst“ bei #75,947. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

malst is uncommon German at frequency #75,947 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [maːlst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens des Verbs malen".

Zero misspellings are on record for malst in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is malst, spelled M-A-L-S-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens des Verbs malen

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 "malst"?
"malst" is spelled M-A-L-S-T. The IPA pronunciation is [maːlst].
What does "malst" mean?
As a verb, "malst" means: 2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens des Verbs malen
How do you pronounce "malst"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "malst" is [maːlst]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "malst" come from?
"malst" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list