mang

[maŋ]

/[maŋ]/ prep

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The verdict

“mang” is uncommon German (frequency #67,481 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a preposition. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,481
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - unter, dazwischen

Corpus desk

Index DE-mang · mang · German

mang · rank #67,481 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,481
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH majestätischen

Nearest frequency peer: majestätischen (-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 „mang“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for mang
PropertyValue
Headwordmang
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPreposition
IPA[maŋ]
Letters4
Frequency rank#67,481
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „mang“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.mangfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „majestätischen“ (#67,480), „manueller“ (#67,482), „Marinade“ (#67,483). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „mang“ bei #67,481. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mang is uncommon German at frequency #67,481 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as apreposition, transcribed [maŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "unter, dazwischen".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for mang, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is mang, spelled M-A-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    unter, dazwischen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how mang appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Ich schmiß den Koffer mang die Rosen, hakte die weinrote Kordel auf und placierte mich in Reihe eins.“
  2. „[…] er legte den Brief mang seine Papiere […]“

This word in other languages

among(English)

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 "mang"?
"mang" is spelled M-A-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [maŋ].
What does "mang" mean?
As a preposition, "mang" means: unter, dazwischen
How do you pronounce "mang"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mang" is [maŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mang" come from?
"mang" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

lynx#67,470leis#67,448mors#67,523Murg#67,533

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list