Maulheld
[ˈmaʊ̯lˌhɛlt]
The verdict
“Maulheld” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die gerne mit ihren Taten und Fähigkeiten prahlt, tatsächlich aber kaum etwas Entsprechendes tut
Corpus desk
Index DE-maulheld · Maulheld · German
Maulheld · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Maulheld |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmaʊ̯lˌhɛlt] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Maulheld“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Maulheld is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmaʊ̯lˌhɛlt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Person, die gerne mit ihren Taten und Fähigkeiten prahlt, tatsächlich aber kaum etwas Entsprechendes tut".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Maulheld, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 Maulheld, spelled M-A-U-L-H-E-L-D.
Definition
- 1Person, die gerne mit ihren Taten und Fähigkeiten prahlt, tatsächlich aber kaum etwas Entsprechendes tut
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Maulheld appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Hör nicht auf das, was er sagt. Er ist ja doch nur ein Maulheld.
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.