Mensur

[mɛnˈzuːɐ̯]

/[mɛnˈzuːɐ̯]/ noun

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The verdict

“Mensur” is uncommon German (frequency #67,506 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,506
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der Abstand zwischen zwei Fechtern

Corpus desk

Index DE-mensur · Mensur · German

Mensur · rank #67,506 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,506
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH Menschenmengen

Nearest frequency peer: Menschenmengen (-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 „Mensur“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Mensur
PropertyValue
HeadwordMensur
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[mɛnˈzuːɐ̯]
Letters6
Frequency rank#67,506
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Mensur“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Mensurfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Menschenmengen“ (#67,505), „Menschenfleisch“ (#67,504), „Messmer“ (#67,508). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „Mensur“ bei #67,506. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Mensur is uncommon German at frequency #67,506 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [mɛnˈzuːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for Mensur in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Mensur, spelled M-E-N-S-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    der Abstand zwischen zwei Fechtern
  2. 2
    traditioneller Fechtkampf zwischen Mitgliedern verschiedener schlagender Studentenverbindungen
  3. 3
    die Abmessungen, Maße von Musikinstrumenten oder Teilen davon, insbesondere bei Saiteninstrumenten die frei schwingende Länge der Saiten, bei Blasinstrumenten die Steigung der Weite des Rohrs im Verhältnis zur Länge sowie alle Maße der Orgelpfeifen
  4. 4
    ein Maß, das die Geltungsdauer der einzelnen Notenwerte untereinander bestimmt
  5. 5
    ein Messzylinder bis 1 Liter Volumen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Heute zeigten sie eine Fechtweise mit fester, enger Mensur.
  2. Eine Mensur kostet nach wie vor Überwindung und ist damit eine Mutprobe.

Synonyms

Diapason

This word in other languages

fencing(English)mensura(Español)duelo(Português)

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 "Mensur"?
"Mensur" is spelled M-E-N-S-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is [mɛnˈzuːɐ̯].
What does "Mensur" mean?
As a noun, "Mensur" means: der Abstand zwischen zwei Fechtern
How do you pronounce "Mensur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Mensur" is [mɛnˈzuːɐ̯]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Mensur" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list