Menagerie
[menaʒəˈʁiː]
The verdict
“Menagerie” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Käfig oder Gehege zur Tierhaltung, insbesondere nach oben geschlossene
Corpus desk
Index DE-menagerie · Menagerie · German
Menagerie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | Menagerie |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [menaʒəˈʁiː] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Menagerie“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Menagerie is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [menaʒəˈʁiː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Menagerie in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Menagerie, spelled M-E-N-A-G-E-R-I-E.
Definition
- 1Käfig oder Gehege zur Tierhaltung, insbesondere nach oben geschlossene
- 2Tierschau, Mischung, gemischte Gruppe
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Menagerie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Inzwischen tröpfeln aus den verschiedenen Straßen die Reisegenossen an, keine Menagerie, wie Delius sich das etwas übertrieben vorgestellt hatte, sondern eine brave Mischung von durchaus üblichen Menschen:…“
„Er erweiterte ihn im Laufe der Jahre zu einer großen Menagerie und gründete 1907 in Stellingen seinen Zoo, der sich durch gitterlose Tierhaltung und den natürlichen Lebensumständen der Tiere nachempfundene künstliche Landschaftsformationen auszeichnete.“
This word in other languages
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.