mästen
[ˈmɛstn̩]
The verdict
“mästen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Schlachtvieh zur Fleischproduktion füttern
Corpus desk
Index DE-masten · mästen · German
mästen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | mästen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈmɛstn̩] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „mästen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
mästen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈmɛstn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for mästen in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is mästen, spelled M-Ä-S-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1Schlachtvieh zur Fleischproduktion füttern
- 2Mensch oder Tier übersättigen beziehungsweise überfüttern
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mästen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Für die Gewinnung der Gänseleber werden die Gänse auf grausame Weise gemästet.
„Jedes Jahr züchten, mästen und töten wir 56 Milliarden Nutztiere“, sagt Marc Pierschel, Regisseur des Films „The End of Meat“.
Antonyms
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.