Menschenfeind
[ˈmɛnʃn̩ˌfaɪ̯nt]
The verdict
“Menschenfeind” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mensch, der Menschen hasst/verachtet
Corpus desk
Index DE-menschenfeind · Menschenfeind · German
Menschenfeind · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Menschenfeind |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmɛnʃn̩ˌfaɪ̯nt] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Menschenfeind“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Menschenfeind is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmɛnʃn̩ˌfaɪ̯nt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mensch, der Menschen hasst/verachtet".
Menschenfeind doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Menschenfeind, spelled M-E-N-S-C-H-E-N-F-E-I-N-D.
Definition
- 1Mensch, der Menschen hasst/verachtet
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Menschenfeind appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Besonders der große Prshewalskij, der ein Menschenfeind war, ergeht sich immer wieder in seitenlangen Schimpfreden über die Mongolen, die Tibeter und besonders die Chinesen.“
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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.