Manie

/[maˈniː]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#57,224

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Manie is aGermannoun. It means: eine affektive Störung, die mit einer gehobenen Affektivität (Stimmung), Enthemmung, Ideenflucht und Selbstüberschätzung einhergeht Pronounced [maˈniː].

Key facts for Manie
PropertyValue
HeadwordManie
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[maˈniː]
Letters5
Frequency rank#57,224
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Manie in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Manie is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [maˈniː]. Corpus data places it at rank #57,224 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for Manie in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.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 explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Manie, spelled M-A-N-I-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine affektive Störung, die mit einer gehobenen Affektivität (Stimmung), Enthemmung, Ideenflucht und Selbstüberschätzung einhergeht
  2. 2
    Verhaltensweise: ein zwanghaftes Verhalten, eine krankhaft übersteigerte Neigung etwas Bestimmtes tun zu müssen

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Frequency rank: #57,224 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Manie"?
"Manie" is spelled M-A-N-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is [maˈniː].
What does "Manie" mean?
As a noun, "Manie" means: eine affektive Störung, die mit einer gehobenen Affektivität (Stimmung), Enthemmung, Ideenflucht und Selbstüberschätzung einhergeht
How do you pronounce "Manie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Manie" is [maˈniː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Manie" come from?
"Manie" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.