Maul- und Klauenseuche

/[ˈmaʊ̯l ʊnt ˈklaʊ̯ənˌzɔɪ̯çə]/ phrase

The verdict

“Maul- und Klauenseuche” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a phrase — the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
22
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: eine durch Viren hervorgerufene, hochinfektiöse Tierseuche bei Wiederkäuern mit Bläschenbildung im Maul und an den Klauen

Key facts for Maul- und Klauenseuche
PropertyValue
HeadwordMaul- und Klauenseuche
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[ˈmaʊ̯l ʊnt ˈklaʊ̯ənˌzɔɪ̯çə]
Letters22
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Maul- und Klauenseuche” sits in German frequency

Maul- und Klauenseuche falls outside the top-100,000 ranked German words — the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Maul- und Klauenseuche is 22 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈmaʊ̯l ʊnt ˈklaʊ̯ənˌzɔɪ̯çə]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "eine durch Viren hervorgerufene, hochinfektiöse Tierseuche bei Wiederkäuern mit Bläschenbildung im Maul und an den Klauen".

No misspelling variants are generated for Maul- und Klauenseuche in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Maul- und Klauenseuche, spelled M-A-U-L--- -U-N-D- -K-L-A-U-E-N-S-E-U-C-H-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine durch Viren hervorgerufene, hochinfektiöse Tierseuche bei Wiederkäuern mit Bläschenbildung im Maul und an den Klauen

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Maul- und Klauenseuche"?
"Maul- und Klauenseuche" is spelled M-A-U-L--- -U-N-D- -K-L-A-U-E-N-S-E-U-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmaʊ̯l ʊnt ˈklaʊ̯ənˌzɔɪ̯çə].
What does "Maul- und Klauenseuche" mean?
As a phrase, "Maul- und Klauenseuche" means: eine durch Viren hervorgerufene, hochinfektiöse Tierseuche bei Wiederkäuern mit Bläschenbildung im Maul und an den Klauen
How do you pronounce "Maul- und Klauenseuche"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Maul- und Klauenseuche" is [ˈmaʊ̯l ʊnt ˈklaʊ̯ənˌzɔɪ̯çə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Maul- und Klauenseuche" come from?
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Using “Maul- und Klauenseuche”

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

  • The one correct German spelling is M-A-U-L--- -U-N-D- -K-L-A-U-E-N-S-E-U-C-H-E — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈmaʊ̯l ʊnt ˈklaʊ̯ənˌzɔɪ̯çə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.