meschugge

[meˈʃʊɡə]

/[meˈʃʊɡə]/ adj

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The verdict

“meschugge” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nicht bei Verstand, verrückt

Corpus desk

Index DE-meschugge · meschugge · German

meschugge · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "M" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for meschugge
PropertyValue
Headwordmeschugge
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[meˈʃʊɡə]
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “meschugge” sits in German frequency

meschugge falls outside the top-100,000 ranked German words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

meschugge is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [meˈʃʊɡə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "nicht bei Verstand, verrückt".

No misspelling variants are generated for meschugge in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 meschugge, spelled M-E-S-C-H-U-G-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    nicht bei Verstand, verrückt

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „In Deinem Lehnstuhl regiertest Du die Welt. Deine Meinung war richtig, jede andere war verrückt, überspannt, meschugge, nicht normal.“
  2. „Solln se lieber die Steuern gerecht verteilen, das wär mehr im Sinne des Verstorbenen gewesen! Fräulein! Wer sperrt das Telephon ab, wenn ich mal nicht mehr bin? Kein Mensch! Meschugge, das Telephon abzusperren!“

Antonyms

geistesklarunkompliziert

This word in other languages

meshugge(English)chiflado(Español)

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "meschugge"?
"meschugge" is spelled M-E-S-C-H-U-G-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [meˈʃʊɡə].
What does "meschugge" mean?
As an adjective, "meschugge" means: nicht bei Verstand, verrückt
How do you pronounce "meschugge"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "meschugge" is [meˈʃʊɡə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list