mehrsprachig

[ˈmeːɐ̯ˌʃpʁaːxɪç]

/[ˈmeːɐ̯ˌʃpʁaːxɪç]/ adj

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The verdict

“mehrsprachig” is uncommon German (frequency #75,959 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,959
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mehrere Sprachen beherrschend

Corpus desk

Index DE-mehrsprachig · mehrsprachig · German

mehrsprachig · rank #75,959 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,959
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH Mehrdeutigkeit

Nearest frequency peer: Mehrdeutigkeit (-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 „mehrsprachig“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for mehrsprachig
PropertyValue
Headwordmehrsprachig
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈmeːɐ̯ˌʃpʁaːxɪç]
Letters12
Frequency rank#75,959
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „mehrsprachig“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).mehrsprachigfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Mehrdeutigkeit“ (#75,958), „mehrsprachige“ (#75,960), „Mediatheken“ (#75,957). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „mehrsprachig“ bei #75,959. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mehrsprachig is uncommon German at frequency #75,959 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈmeːɐ̯ˌʃpʁaːxɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for mehrsprachig 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 usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is mehrsprachig, spelled M-E-H-R-S-P-R-A-C-H-I-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    mehrere Sprachen beherrschend
  2. 2
    in mehreren Sprachen abgefasst

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Im Gegenteil: Mehrsprachig sozialisierte Kinder sind gegenüber solchen, die einsprachig aufwachsen, oft im Vorteil.“
  2. „Das mehrsprachige Milieu kann auf korrekte Deklination und genaue Endungen durchaus verzichten, weil diese Art Grammatik nur Kodierungsenergie frisst, die woanders viel dringender gebraucht wird, beispielsweise um Defizite im Wortschatz auszugleichen.“

Synonyms

vielsprachigplurilingualplurilinguepolyglottpolyglottischmultilingualpolylingual

Antonyms

einsprachigmonolingual

This word in other languages

multilingual(English)

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 "mehrsprachig"?
"mehrsprachig" is spelled M-E-H-R-S-P-R-A-C-H-I-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmeːɐ̯ˌʃpʁaːxɪç].
What does "mehrsprachig" mean?
As an adjective, "mehrsprachig" means: mehrere Sprachen beherrschend
How do you pronounce "mehrsprachig"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mehrsprachig" is [ˈmeːɐ̯ˌʃpʁaːxɪç]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mehrsprachig" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list