Mengenlehre

[ˈmɛŋənˌleːʁə]

/[ˈmɛŋənˌleːʁə]/ noun

The verdict

“Mengenlehre” is uncommon German (frequency #89,287 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#89,287
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lehre der mathematischen Mengen

Corpus desk

Index DE-mengenlehre · Mengenlehre · German

Mengenlehre · rank #89,287 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #89,287
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH menschenunwür…

Nearest frequency peer: menschenunwürdig (+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 „Mengenlehre“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Mengenlehre
PropertyValue
HeadwordMengenlehre
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈmɛŋənˌleːʁə]
Letters11
Frequency rank#89,287
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Mengenlehre“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Mengenlehrefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „menschenunwürdig“ (#89,288), „menschenwürdigen“ (#89,289), „meli“ (#89,284). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „Mengenlehre“ bei #89,287. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Mengenlehre is uncommon German at frequency #89,287 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmɛŋənˌleːʁə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Lehre der mathematischen Mengen".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Mengenlehre in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Mengenlehre, spelled M-E-N-G-E-N-L-E-H-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Lehre der mathematischen Mengen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Als die Mengenlehre in den Schulen eingeführt wurde, gab es große Besorgnis bei Eltern und Lehrern.
  2. „Die Mengenlehre ist also ein Weg, um in Wenn-Dann-Hypothesen aufgestellte Behauptungen hinsichtlich hinreichender und notwendiger Bedingungen zu erfassen und zu überprüfen.“

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); 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 "Mengenlehre"?
"Mengenlehre" is spelled M-E-N-G-E-N-L-E-H-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmɛŋənˌleːʁə].
What does "Mengenlehre" mean?
As a noun, "Mengenlehre" means: Lehre der mathematischen Mengen
How do you pronounce "Mengenlehre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Mengenlehre" is [ˈmɛŋənˌleːʁə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list