Mariengarn
[maˈʁiːənˌɡaʁn]
The verdict
“Mariengarn” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - an schönen Herbsttagen Felder und Pflanzen überziehender oder in der Luft schwirrendes feines Garn, das von jungen Krabbenspinnen in die Luft geschossen wird, um an diesem ins Winterquartier zu gel...
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Index DE-mariengarn · Mariengarn · German
Mariengarn · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Mariengarn |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [maˈʁiːənˌɡaʁn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Mariengarn“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Mariengarn is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [maˈʁiːənˌɡaʁn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "an schönen Herbsttagen Felder und Pflanzen überziehender oder in der Luft schwirrendes feines Garn, das von jungen Krabbenspinnen in die Luft geschossen wird, um an diesem ins Winterquartier zu gel...".
No misspelling variants are generated for Mariengarn in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 Mariengarn, spelled M-A-R-I-E-N-G-A-R-N.
Definition
- 1an schönen Herbsttagen Felder und Pflanzen überziehender oder in der Luft schwirrendes feines Garn, das von jungen Krabbenspinnen in die Luft geschossen wird, um an diesem ins Winterquartier zu gelangen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Mariengarn appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Mariengarn. –. So gemein diese Erscheinung war, so blieb man doch lange ungewiß über die Ursache derselben. Man vermuthete zwar, daß der fliehende Sommer ein Spinnengewebe seyn möchte, allein es blieb auch bey der bloßen Vermuthung.“
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.