Meierei

[maɪ̯əˈʁaɪ̯]

/[maɪ̯əˈʁaɪ̯]/ noun

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The verdict

“Meierei” is uncommon German (frequency #95,955 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#95,955
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Molkerei, Milchhof

Corpus desk

Index DE-meierei · Meierei · German

Meierei · rank #95,955 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #95,955
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH Meinhardt

Nearest frequency peer: Meinhardt (+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 „Meierei“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Meierei
PropertyValue
HeadwordMeierei
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[maɪ̯əˈʁaɪ̯]
Letters7
Frequency rank#95,955
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Meierei“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Meinhardt“ (#95,956), „mehrstufige“ (#95,953), „mehrmaliges“ (#95,952). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „Meierei“ bei #95,955. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Meierei is uncommon German at frequency #95,955 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [maɪ̯əˈʁaɪ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Meierei, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Meierei, spelled M-E-I-E-R-E-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Molkerei, Milchhof
  2. 2
    Hofgut

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Da ist das überaus erfolgreiche Exportbier, da war Agathe Zeis, die 1884 die Erlaubnis bekam, in der Meierei Heinrichsthaler den ersten Camembert außerhalb Frankreichs herzustellen.“
  2. „Zum Park hin wurde der Meierei ein eingeschossiges Gebäude vorgesetzt.“

This word in other languages

dairy(English)laiterie(Français)

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 "Meierei"?
"Meierei" is spelled M-E-I-E-R-E-I. The IPA pronunciation is [maɪ̯əˈʁaɪ̯].
What does "Meierei" mean?
As a noun, "Meierei" means: Molkerei, Milchhof
How do you pronounce "Meierei"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Meierei" is [maɪ̯əˈʁaɪ̯]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Meierei" come from?
"Meierei" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Massivs#95,944Majoran#95,932Luschen#95,923leidend#95,901

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list