Manguste
[maŋˈɡʊstə]
The verdict
“Manguste” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - schlankes, kleines Raubtier mit grau oder braun gefärbtem Fell, das vor allem in Afrika und Südeurasien heimisch ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-manguste · Manguste · German
Manguste · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Manguste |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [maŋˈɡʊstə] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Manguste“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Manguste is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [maŋˈɡʊstə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "schlankes, kleines Raubtier mit grau oder braun gefärbtem Fell, das vor allem in Afrika und Südeurasien heimisch ist".
Manguste doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 Manguste, spelled M-A-N-G-U-S-T-E.
Definition
- 1schlankes, kleines Raubtier mit grau oder braun gefärbtem Fell, das vor allem in Afrika und Südeurasien heimisch ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Manguste appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Mangusten, die in Gruppen leben, gebären ihre Jungtiere alle am selben Tag.“
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.