Martinskirche

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The verdict

“Martinskirche” is uncommon German (frequency #56,335 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,335
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - meistens dem Heiligen Martin von Tours ^(→ WP) geweihtes Gotteshaus

Corpus desk

Index DE-martinskirche · Martinskirche · German

Martinskirche · rank #56,335 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,335
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH markiere

Nearest frequency peer: markiere (-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 „Martinskirche“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Martinskirche
PropertyValue
HeadwordMartinskirche
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters13
Frequency rank#56,335
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Martinskirche“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Martinskirchefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „markiere“ (#56,334), „Malheur“ (#56,332), „mech“ (#56,338). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „Martinskirche“ bei #56,335. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Martinskirche is uncommon German at frequency #56,335 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "meistens dem Heiligen Martin von Tours ^(→ WP) geweihtes Gotteshaus".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Martinskirche, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Martinskirche, spelled M-A-R-T-I-N-S-K-I-R-C-H-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    meistens dem Heiligen Martin von Tours ^(→ WP) geweihtes Gotteshaus

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Lange glaubte ich, daß die evangelische Martinskirche, die ihre Gründung, wie an vielen Orten des schwäbischen Landes, dem großen Frankenheiligen verdankt, ihren Namen zu Ehren Martin Luthers trage.“
  2. „Der Streit zwischen den Pro-Palästina-Demonstranten und Gottesdienstbesuchern der evangelischen Martinskirche ist laut Landesbischof Ernst-Wilhelm Gohl nach einer Predigt des Pfarrers im Oktober 2023 entbrannt.“

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 "Martinskirche"?
"Martinskirche" is spelled M-A-R-T-I-N-S-K-I-R-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "Martinskirche" mean?
As a noun, "Martinskirche" means: meistens dem Heiligen Martin von Tours ^(→ WP) geweihtes Gotteshaus
How do you pronounce "Martinskirche"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Martinskirche" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Martinskirche" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Metamorphosen#56,343Lungenembolie#56,324mitfinanziert#56,351liebenswerten#56,312

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list