menschenleer
[ˈmɛnʃn̩ˌleːɐ̯]
The verdict
“menschenleer” is uncommon German (frequency #63,557 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,557
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ohne anwesende Menschen
Corpus desk
Index DE-menschenleer · menschenleer · German
menschenleer · rank #63,557 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,557
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH mercator
Nearest frequency peer: mercator (+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 „menschenleer“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Marstall
Marstall
36,449 corpus weight
- Matz
Matz
36,447 corpus weight
- menschenleer
menschenleer
36,444 corpus weight
- mercator
mercator
36,443 corpus weight
- Merlins
Merlins
36,441 corpus weight
- Metals
Metals
36,440 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „menschenleer“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | menschenleer |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈmɛnʃn̩ˌleːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #63,557 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „menschenleer“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
menschenleer is uncommon German at frequency #63,557 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈmɛnʃn̩ˌleːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ohne anwesende Menschen".
No generated misspelling entries exist for menschenleer in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is menschenleer, spelled M-E-N-S-C-H-E-N-L-E-E-R.
Definition
- 1ohne anwesende Menschen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how menschenleer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Am Sonntag war die Einkaufsstraße menschenleer.
„Der Strand war menschenleer und öde.“
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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).