Marleen

[maʁˈleːn]

/[maʁˈleːn]/ name

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The verdict

“Marleen” is uncommon German (frequency #61,728 among 44,424 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,728
frequency rank, German
44,424
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - weiblicher Vorname

Key facts for Marleen
PropertyValue
HeadwordMarleen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[maʁˈleːn]
Letters7
Frequency rank#61,728
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Marleen” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Marleen lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Marleen is uncommon German at frequency #61,728 among 44,424 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [maʁˈleːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "weiblicher Vorname".

Zero misspellings are on record for Marleen in our index, 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 Marleen, spelled M-A-R-L-E-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    weiblicher Vorname

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 "Marleen"?
"Marleen" is spelled M-A-R-L-E-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [maʁˈleːn].
What does "Marleen" mean?
As a proper noun, "Marleen" means: weiblicher Vorname
How do you pronounce "Marleen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Marleen" is [maʁˈleːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Marleen" come from?
"Marleen" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “Marleen”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is M-A-R-L-E-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [maʁˈleːn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list