Massenmedium
[ˈmasn̩ˌmeːdi̯ʊm]
The verdict
“Massenmedium” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - technisch produziertes Kommunikationsmittel, das der Übermittlung von Informationen unterschiedlichster Art an große Gruppen von Menschen dient
Corpus desk
Index DE-massenmedium · Massenmedium · German
Massenmedium · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | Massenmedium |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmasn̩ˌmeːdi̯ʊm] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Massenmedium“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Massenmedium is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmasn̩ˌmeːdi̯ʊm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "technisch produziertes Kommunikationsmittel, das der Übermittlung von Informationen unterschiedlichster Art an große Gruppen von Menschen dient".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Massenmedium, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Massenmedium, spelled M-A-S-S-E-N-M-E-D-I-U-M.
Definition
- 1technisch produziertes Kommunikationsmittel, das der Übermittlung von Informationen unterschiedlichster Art an große Gruppen von Menschen dient
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Massenmedium appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Das Radio war das erste elektronische Massenmedium.“
„Was wir über unsere Gesellschaft, ja über die Welt, in der wir leben, wissen, wissen wir durch die Massenmedien.“
This word in other languages
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.