Manie
[maˈniː]
The verdict
“Manie” is uncommon German (frequency #57,224 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,224
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine affektive Störung, die mit einer gehobenen Affektivität (Stimmung), Enthemmung, Ideenflucht und Selbstüberschätzung einhergeht
Corpus desk
Index DE-manie · Manie · German
Manie · rank #57,224 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,224
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH Mains
Nearest frequency peer: Mains (-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 „Manie“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- mahn
mahn
42,780 corpus weight
- Mainfranken
Mainfranken
42,779 corpus weight
- Mains
Mains
42,778 corpus weight
- Manie
Manie
42,777 corpus weight
- Manövern
Manövern
42,775 corpus weight
- Marne
Marne
42,774 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Manie“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Manie |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [maˈniː] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #57,224 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Manie“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Manie is uncommon German at frequency #57,224 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [maˈniː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Manie, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. 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.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Manie, spelled M-A-N-I-E.
Definition
- 1eine affektive Störung, die mit einer gehobenen Affektivität (Stimmung), Enthemmung, Ideenflucht und Selbstüberschätzung einhergeht
- 2Verhaltensweise: ein zwanghaftes Verhalten, eine krankhaft übersteigerte Neigung etwas Bestimmtes tun zu müssen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Manie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ein Rausch der Gefühle, unglaubliche Energie, die Welt verbessern, jetzt und hier. Und alle sollen helfen. Es ist der Enthusiasmus einer Manie, die eine Seite der Bipolaren Störung. Denn an anderen Tagen sind die vielen Ideen, die sexuelle Energie oder der Kaufrausch plötzlich verflogen.“
„Bei der manischen Episode werden drei Formen unterschieden: Hypomanie, Manie ohne psychotische Symptome und Manie mit psychotischen Symptomen.“
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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.
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