maskuline

[ˈmaskuˌliːnə]

/[ˈmaskuˌliːnə]/ adj

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The verdict

“maskuline” is uncommon German (frequency #70,549 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,549
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs maskulin

Corpus desk

Index DE-maskuline · maskuline · German

maskuline · rank #70,549 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,549
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH Marktredwitz

Nearest frequency peer: Marktredwitz (-2 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 „maskuline“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for maskuline
PropertyValue
Headwordmaskuline
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈmaskuˌliːnə]
Letters9
Frequency rank#70,549
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „maskuline“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Marktredwitz“ (#70,547), „massiere“ (#70,551), „margherita“ (#70,546). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „maskuline“ bei #70,549. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

maskuline is uncommon German at frequency #70,549 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈmaskuˌliːnə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for maskuline, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is maskuline, spelled M-A-S-K-U-L-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs maskulin
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs maskulin
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs maskulin
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs maskulin
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs maskulin
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs maskulin
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs maskulin
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs maskulin
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs maskulin

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 "maskuline"?
"maskuline" is spelled M-A-S-K-U-L-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmaskuˌliːnə].
What does "maskuline" mean?
As an adjective, "maskuline" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs maskulin
How do you pronounce "maskuline"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "maskuline" is [ˈmaskuˌliːnə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Lernziele#70,516monströse#70,584möblierte#70,599Nagetiere#70,609

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list