Meckerei
[mɛkəˈʁaɪ̯]
The verdict
“Meckerei” 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) - andauerndes Meckern
Corpus desk
Index DE-meckerei · Meckerei · German
Meckerei · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Meckerei |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [mɛkəˈʁaɪ̯] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Meckerei“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Meckerei is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [mɛkəˈʁaɪ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "andauerndes Meckern".
Zero misspellings are on record for Meckerei in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Meckerei, spelled M-E-C-K-E-R-E-I.
Definition
- 1andauerndes Meckern
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Meckerei appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Und trotz der Meckerei erschienen alle vollzählig in Pauls Garten.“
Synonyms
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.