Malve
[ˈmalvə]
The verdict
“Malve” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine (in zahlreichen Arten vorkommende) hohe, krautige Pflanze mit rosa oder lila Blüten
Corpus desk
Index DE-malve · Malve · German
Malve · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Malve |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmalvə] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Malve“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Malve is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmalvə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine (in zahlreichen Arten vorkommende) hohe, krautige Pflanze mit rosa oder lila Blüten".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Malve, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. 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 documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Malve, spelled M-A-L-V-E.
Definition
- 1eine (in zahlreichen Arten vorkommende) hohe, krautige Pflanze mit rosa oder lila Blüten
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Malve appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In seinem Garten wuchsen zwei große Malven.
Synonyms
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.