menschenwürdig

[ˈmɛnʃn̩ˌvʏʁdɪç]

/[ˈmɛnʃn̩ˌvʏʁdɪç]/ adj

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The verdict

“menschenwürdig” is uncommon German (frequency #85,577 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,577
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der Würde einer Person angemessen

Corpus desk

Index DE-menschenwurdig · menschenwürdig · German

menschenwürdig · rank #85,577 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,577
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH Menschengesta…

Nearest frequency peer: Menschengestalt (-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 „menschenwürdig“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for menschenwürdig
PropertyValue
Headwordmenschenwürdig
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈmɛnʃn̩ˌvʏʁdɪç]
Letters14
Frequency rank#85,577
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „menschenwürdig“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.menschenwürdigfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Menschengestalt“ (#85,576), „melo“ (#85,574), „Messestadt“ (#85,580). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „menschenwürdig“ bei #85,577. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

menschenwürdig is uncommon German at frequency #85,577 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈmɛnʃn̩ˌvʏʁdɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "der Würde einer Person angemessen".

No misspelling variants are generated for menschenwürdig in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is menschenwürdig, spelled M-E-N-S-C-H-E-N-W-Ü-R-D-I-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    der Würde einer Person angemessen

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Als Christ und Mensch hatte auch der Unfreie zumindest einen moralischen Anspruch auf menschenwürdige Behandlung.“

Antonyms

menschenunwürdig

This word in other languages

humainement(Français)

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 "menschenwürdig"?
"menschenwürdig" is spelled M-E-N-S-C-H-E-N-W-Ü-R-D-I-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmɛnʃn̩ˌvʏʁdɪç].
What does "menschenwürdig" mean?
As an adjective, "menschenwürdig" means: der Würde einer Person angemessen
How do you pronounce "menschenwürdig"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "menschenwürdig" is [ˈmɛnʃn̩ˌvʏʁdɪç]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list