Menschenfreund
[ˈmɛnʃn̩ˌfʁɔɪ̯nt]
The verdict
“Menschenfreund” is uncommon German (frequency #65,497 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,497
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemand, der Menschen generell wohlwollend zugeneigt ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-menschenfreund · Menschenfreund · German
Menschenfreund · rank #65,497 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,497
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH Meistersinger
Nearest frequency peer: Meistersinger (-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 „Menschenfreund“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Medienwisse…
Medienwissenschaft
34,508 corpus weight
- Mee
Mee
34,507 corpus weight
- Meinungsbild
Meinungsbild
34,506 corpus weight
- Meistersing…
Meistersinger
34,505 corpus weight
- Menschenfre…
Menschenfreund
34,504 corpus weight
- Menschenrec…
Menschenrechts
34,503 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Menschenfreund“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Menschenfreund |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmɛnʃn̩ˌfʁɔɪ̯nt] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #65,497 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Menschenfreund“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Menschenfreund is uncommon German at frequency #65,497 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmɛnʃn̩ˌfʁɔɪ̯nt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemand, der Menschen generell wohlwollend zugeneigt ist".
Menschenfreund doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Menschenfreund, spelled M-E-N-S-C-H-E-N-F-R-E-U-N-D.
Definition
- 1jemand, der Menschen generell wohlwollend zugeneigt ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Menschenfreund appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Seine acht Kriminalromane um den Privatdetektiv Simon Brenner bestehen scheinbar aus bizarren Abschweifungen und Lebensweisheiten, die ein schwatzhafter Erzähler den Leserinnen und Lesern im Ton äußerster Vertraulichkeit zusteckt. Wer ein paar Seiten von Haas gelesen hat, begreift, dass da ein Menschenfreund und Humorist am Werk ist. Die Gemeinde seiner…
„Im Herzen hatte er sich immer für einen Menschenfreund gehalten, und es quälte ihn, dass der Streik im August seinen Ruf unter dem Tórshavnern befleckt hatte.“
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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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