Männin
[ˈmɛnɪn]
The verdict
“Männin” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Frau in ihrer Eigenschaft als Partnerin und Gefährtin des Mannes
Corpus desk
Index DE-mannin · Männin · German
Männin · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 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 | Männin |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmɛnɪn] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Männin“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Männin is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmɛnɪn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Männin, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 Männin, spelled M-Ä-N-N-I-N.
Definition
- 1die Frau in ihrer Eigenschaft als Partnerin und Gefährtin des Mannes
- 2Frau, die ein männliches oder heldenhaftes Auftreten hat; Mannweib
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Männin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Da sprach der Mensch: Das ist doch Bein von meinem Bein und Fleisch von meinem Fleisch; man wird sie Männin nennen, weil sie vom Manne genommen ist.“
„Es ist daher wahrscheinlicher, daß die wilde Männin ihren Kriegszug im „bayerischen Rummel" (1703) unternommen hat.“
Antonyms
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.