mauve
[moːv]
The verdict
“mauve” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in einem blasslila Farbton, der der Blüte der Malve ähnelt oder gleicht; von der Farbe der Malvenblüten
Corpus desk
Index DE-mauve · mauve · German
mauve · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 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 | mauve |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [moːv] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „mauve“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
mauve is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [moːv]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "in einem blasslila Farbton, der der Blüte der Malve ähnelt oder gleicht; von der Farbe der Malvenblüten".
Zero misspellings are on record for mauve in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 mauve, spelled M-A-U-V-E.
Definition
- 1in einem blasslila Farbton, der der Blüte der Malve ähnelt oder gleicht; von der Farbe der Malvenblüten
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mauve appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Francesca Cantarelli hat die Federzeichnungen geschmäcklerisch koloriert: sandfarben, mauve, olivgrün und englischrot.“
„Im matten Terrakotta-Schimmer liegt der dreieckige Platz ruhig und beinahe menschenleer. Das Abendlicht färbt ihn mauve, die Nacht macht ihn zur mystischen Zufluchtsstätte für Liebespaare und mondsüchtige Flaneure.“
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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.