mannhaft
[ˈmanhaft]
The verdict
“mannhaft” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - männlich, in der Art eines Mannes
Corpus desk
Index DE-mannhaft · mannhaft · German
mannhaft · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | mannhaft |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈmanhaft] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „mannhaft“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
mannhaft is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈmanhaft]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for mannhaft, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. 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 documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is mannhaft, spelled M-A-N-N-H-A-F-T.
Definition
- 1männlich, in der Art eines Mannes
- 2tapfer, unerschrocken
- 3entschlossen, tatkräftig
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mannhaft appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Und als Mami ihn wieder voll Wärme ans Herz zog, da hatte er mannhaft alle weichen Regungen unterdrückt.
… und Liba machte gegen diese Wahl wohl auch keine Einwendung; denn der Jüngling war edel von Gestalt und Sitte, mannhaft und biederherzig.
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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.