meistert
[ˈmaɪ̯stɐt]
The verdict
“meistert” is uncommon German (frequency #54,730 among 44,424 “M” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,730
- frequency rank, German
- 44,424
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs meistern
Corpus desk
Index DE-meistert · meistert · German
meistert · rank #54,730 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,730
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 44,424
- PHOTO-FINISH Meerenge
Nearest frequency peer: Meerenge (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “meistert”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Meckenheim
Meckenheim
45,273 corpus weight
- Meerenge
Meerenge
45,272 corpus weight
- meistert
meistert
45,271 corpus weight
- melodisch
melodisch
45,270 corpus weight
- memoria
memoria
45,269 corpus weight
- menno
menno
45,268 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “meistert” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | meistert |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈmaɪ̯stɐt] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #54,730 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “meistert” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
meistert is uncommon German at frequency #54,730 among 44,424 “M” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈmaɪ̯stɐt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for meistert, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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 is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is meistert, spelled M-E-I-S-T-E-R-T.
Definition
- 12. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs meistern
- 23. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs meistern
- 32. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs meistern
- 42. Person Plural Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs meistern
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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "meistert", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.