Mauretanien

[ˌmaʊ̯ʁeˈtaːniən]

/[ˌmaʊ̯ʁeˈtaːniən]/ name

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The verdict

“Mauretanien” is uncommon German (frequency #70,552 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,552
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Staat in Westafrika

Corpus desk

Index DE-mauretanien · Mauretanien · German

Mauretanien · rank #70,552 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,552
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH massiere

Nearest frequency peer: massiere (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Mauretanien“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Mauretanien“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Mauretanien
PropertyValue
HeadwordMauretanien
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ˌmaʊ̯ʁeˈtaːniən]
Letters11
Frequency rank#70,552
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Mauretanien“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Mauretanienfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „massiere“ (#70,551), „Maybrit“ (#70,553), „maskuline“ (#70,549). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „Mauretanien“ bei #70,552. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Mauretanien is uncommon German at frequency #70,552 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˌmaʊ̯ʁeˈtaːniən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Staat in Westafrika".

Zero misspellings are on record for Mauretanien in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Mauretanien, spelled M-A-U-R-E-T-A-N-I-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Staat in Westafrika

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Mauretanien appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Wo liegt eigentlich das Land Mauretanien?
  2. Nouakchott ist die Hauptstadt von Mauretanien.

Synonyms

Islamische Republik Mauretanien

This word in other languages

Mauritania(English)Mauritania(Español)Mauritanie(Français)Mauritânia(Português)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Mauretanien"?
"Mauretanien" is spelled M-A-U-R-E-T-A-N-I-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌmaʊ̯ʁeˈtaːniən].
What does "Mauretanien" mean?
As a proper noun, "Mauretanien" means: Staat in Westafrika
How do you pronounce "Mauretanien"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Mauretanien" is [ˌmaʊ̯ʁeˈtaːniən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Mauretanien" come from?
"Mauretanien" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Mauretanien", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Messstellen#70,567Metallteile#70,569Milchkaffee#70,571Milchpulver#70,572

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list