Menschenschlag
[ˈmɛnʃn̩ˌʃlaːk]
The verdict
“Menschenschlag” is uncommon German (frequency #98,804 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,804
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Menschen in einer Region, bei denen besondere Eigenschaften auffallen
Corpus desk
Index DE-menschenschlag · Menschenschlag · German
Menschenschlag · rank #98,804 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,804
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH Menschenansam…
Nearest frequency peer: Menschenansammlungen (-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 „Menschenschlag“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Mehrheitsbe…
Mehrheitsbeschluss
1,200 corpus weight
- Meinungsfor…
Meinungsforscher
1,199 corpus weight
- Menschenans…
Menschenansammlungen
1,198 corpus weight
- Menschensch…
Menschenschlag
1,197 corpus weight
- merkwürdigs…
merkwürdigsten
1,196 corpus weight
- miauen
miauen
1,194 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Menschenschlag“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Menschenschlag |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmɛnʃn̩ˌʃlaːk] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #98,804 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Menschenschlag“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Menschenschlag is uncommon German at frequency #98,804 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmɛnʃn̩ˌʃlaːk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Menschen in einer Region, bei denen besondere Eigenschaften auffallen".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Menschenschlag, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Menschenschlag, spelled M-E-N-S-C-H-E-N-S-C-H-L-A-G.
Definition
- 1Menschen in einer Region, bei denen besondere Eigenschaften auffallen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Menschenschlag appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Küstenbewohner sind ein ganz besonderer Menschenschlag.
„In Niederbayern ist dann wieder einer der schwarzhaarigsten und dunkeläugigsten Menschenschläge zuhause, die es auf deutschem Boden gibt, besonders von Regensburg gegen den Bayrischen Wald und nach Amberg und Schwandorf hin.“
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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