meinte

/[ˈmaɪ̯ntə]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,165

in German word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

meinte is aGermanverb. It means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum des Verbs meinen Pronounced [ˈmaɪ̯ntə]. It ranks #1,165 in German word frequency. Often confused with Mine and mint.

Key facts for meinte
PropertyValue
Headwordmeinte
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈmaɪ̯ntə]
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,165
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of meinte in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for meinte is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈmaɪ̯ntə]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,165 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for meinte, with forms such as "eminte", "meinet", and "meinnte". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Mine", "mint", "meist", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is meinte, spelled M-E-I-N-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum des Verbs meinen
  2. 2
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum des Verbs meinen
  3. 3
    1. Person Singular Konjunktiv Präteritum des Verbs meinen
  4. 4
    3. Person Singular Konjunktiv Präteritum des Verbs meinen

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: eminte,meinet,meinnte,meintte,meitne,menite,miente,mmeinte

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for meinte

Misspelling Variants of "meinte"

eminte6meinet6meinnte7meintte7meitne6menite6miente6mmeinte7
Misspelling Variants of "meinte"

Frequency rank: #1,165 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "meinte"?
"meinte" is spelled M-E-I-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmaɪ̯ntə].
What does "meinte" mean?
As a verb, "meinte" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum des Verbs meinen
What words are commonly confused with "meinte"?
"meinte" is commonly confused with "Mine", "mint", "meist". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "meinte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "meinte" is [ˈmaɪ̯ntə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "meinte" come from?
"meinte" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter M in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.