mancherlei
German, adjective/ˈman.çɐ.laɪ̯/
mancherlei is spelled M-A-N-C-H-E-R-L-E-I (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 61,377th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mancherlei is a German adjective meaning “Various, of many types” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does mancherlei mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Various, of many types
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
pronoun: 1. einige verschiedene, Verschiedenes
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce mancherlei?
- /ˈman.çɐ.laɪ̯/
- [ˈmançɐlaɪ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is mancherlei in German?
mancherlei appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).