Mannigfaltigkeit

[ˈmanɪçfaltɪçkaɪ̯t]

/[ˈmanɪçfaltɪçkaɪ̯t]/ noun

The verdict

“Mannigfaltigkeit” is uncommon German (frequency #50,696 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,696
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vielfältigkeit, Vielgestaltigkeit, überwiegend in Bezug auf den Artenreichtum in Flora und Fauna

Corpus desk

Index DE-mannigfaltigkeit · Mannigfaltigkeit · German

Mannigfaltigkeit · rank #50,696 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,696
  • LEN-MEGA 16 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH Mandantin

Nearest frequency peer: Mandantin (-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 „Mannigfaltigkeit“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Mannigfaltigkeit
PropertyValue
HeadwordMannigfaltigkeit
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈmanɪçfaltɪçkaɪ̯t]
Letters16
Frequency rank#50,696
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Mannigfaltigkeit“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Mannigfaltigkeitfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Mandantin“ (#50,695), „Marienberg“ (#50,697), „Marktplatzes“ (#50,698). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „Mannigfaltigkeit“ bei #50,696. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Mannigfaltigkeit is uncommon German at frequency #50,696 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmanɪçfaltɪçkaɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for Mannigfaltigkeit in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Mannigfaltigkeit, spelled M-A-N-N-I-G-F-A-L-T-I-G-K-E-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Vielfältigkeit, Vielgestaltigkeit, überwiegend in Bezug auf den Artenreichtum in Flora und Fauna
  2. 2
    Objekt zur Formalisierung und Verallgemeinerung des Flächenbegriffs in beliebigen Raumdimensionen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Seit über 400 Millionen Jahren wachsen und werkeln Wachskrustlinge und andere Symbiose-Pilze symbiontisch im Wurzelwerk ihrer Wirtspflanzen, vielleicht entstand im Laufe der Sebacinales-Evolution die abnorm große Mannigfaltigkeit der Mycorrhiza-Symbiosen durch Spezialisierung.“
  2. Eine Kugeloberfläche (Sphäre) ist eine differenzierbare Mannigfaltigkeit.

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); 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 "Mannigfaltigkeit"?
"Mannigfaltigkeit" is spelled M-A-N-N-I-G-F-A-L-T-I-G-K-E-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmanɪçfaltɪçkaɪ̯t].
What does "Mannigfaltigkeit" mean?
As a noun, "Mannigfaltigkeit" means: Vielfältigkeit, Vielgestaltigkeit, überwiegend in Bezug auf den Artenreichtum in Flora und Fauna
How do you pronounce "Mannigfaltigkeit"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Mannigfaltigkeit" is [ˈmanɪçfaltɪçkaɪ̯t]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Mannigfaltigkeit" come from?
"Mannigfaltigkeit" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 16 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list