malten

/[ˈmaːltən]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#58,075

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

malten is aGermanverb. It means: 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum des Verbs malen Pronounced [ˈmaːltən].

Key facts for malten
PropertyValue
Headwordmalten
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈmaːltən]
Letters6
Frequency rank#58,075
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of malten in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for malten is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈmaːltən]. Corpus data places it at rank #58,075 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for malten in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns.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.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is malten, spelled M-A-L-T-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum des Verbs malen
  2. 2
    3. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum des Verbs malen
  3. 3
    1. Person Plural Konjunktiv Präteritum des Verbs malen
  4. 4
    3. Person Plural Konjunktiv Präteritum des Verbs malen

Frequency rank: #58,075 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "malten"?
"malten" is spelled M-A-L-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmaːltən].
What does "malten" mean?
As a verb, "malten" means: 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum des Verbs malen
How do you pronounce "malten"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "malten" is [ˈmaːltən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "malten" come from?
"malten" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.