Menschengestalt

[mɛnʃn̩ɡəˌʃtalt]

/[mɛnʃn̩ɡəˌʃtalt]/ noun

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The verdict

“Menschengestalt” is uncommon German (frequency #85,576 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,576
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gestalt wie die eines Menschen

Corpus desk

Index DE-menschengestalt · Menschengestalt · German

Menschengestalt · rank #85,576 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,576
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH menschenwürdig

Nearest frequency peer: menschenwürdig (+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 „Menschengestalt“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Menschengestalt
PropertyValue
HeadwordMenschengestalt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[mɛnʃn̩ɡəˌʃtalt]
Letters15
Frequency rank#85,576
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Menschengestalt“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Menschengestaltfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „menschenwürdig“ (#85,577), „melo“ (#85,574), „meisterhafte“ (#85,572). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „Menschengestalt“ bei #85,576. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Menschengestalt is uncommon German at frequency #85,576 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [mɛnʃn̩ɡəˌʃtalt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gestalt wie die eines Menschen".

Menschengestalt doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Menschengestalt, spelled M-E-N-S-C-H-E-N-G-E-S-T-A-L-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gestalt wie die eines Menschen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Schwarze Menschengestalten glitten am Feuer vorbei, und durch das unaufhörliche Knistern des Brandes hörte man Reden und Schreien.“
  2. „Aus irgendeiner abgrundtiefen Ferne betrachtete sie die von Staub beschmutzte, altersschwache Menschengestalt, die mit einem leeren Sack und wunden Füßen in ihrer Tür stand.“

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 "Menschengestalt"?
"Menschengestalt" is spelled M-E-N-S-C-H-E-N-G-E-S-T-A-L-T. The IPA pronunciation is [mɛnʃn̩ɡəˌʃtalt].
What does "Menschengestalt" mean?
As a noun, "Menschengestalt" means: Gestalt wie die eines Menschen
How do you pronounce "Menschengestalt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Menschengestalt" is [mɛnʃn̩ɡəˌʃtalt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Menschengestalt" come from?
"Menschengestalt" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list