maunzen
[ˈmaʊ̯nt͡sn̩]
The verdict
“maunzen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einen kläglichen Katzenlaut von sich geben
Corpus desk
Index DE-maunzen · maunzen · German
maunzen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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 | maunzen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈmaʊ̯nt͡sn̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „maunzen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
maunzen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈmaʊ̯nt͡sn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "einen kläglichen Katzenlaut von sich geben".
Zero misspellings are on record for maunzen in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is maunzen, spelled M-A-U-N-Z-E-N.
Definition
- 1einen kläglichen Katzenlaut von sich geben
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how maunzen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die junge Katze maunzte jämmerlich.
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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.