Mesencephalon
[mezɛnˈt͡seːfalɔn]
The verdict
“Mesencephalon” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der an das Metencephalon (Hinterhirn) in Richtung zur Großhirnrinde hin anschließende Gehirnteil der Wirbeltiere
Corpus desk
Index DE-mesencephalon · Mesencephalon · German
Mesencephalon · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Mesencephalon |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [mezɛnˈt͡seːfalɔn] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Mesencephalon“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Mesencephalon is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [mezɛnˈt͡seːfalɔn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "der an das Metencephalon (Hinterhirn) in Richtung zur Großhirnrinde hin anschließende Gehirnteil der Wirbeltiere".
Mesencephalon has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Mesencephalon, spelled M-E-S-E-N-C-E-P-H-A-L-O-N.
Definition
- 1der an das Metencephalon (Hinterhirn) in Richtung zur Großhirnrinde hin anschließende Gehirnteil der Wirbeltiere
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Mesencephalon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Von rostral nach kaudal gliedert sich das Gehirn (Abb. 1-11, 1-12) in ein Endhirn (Telencephalon), Zwischenhirn (Diencephalon), Mittelhirn (Mesencephalon), Hinterhirn (Metencephalon) und Nachhirn (Myelencephalon), das in das Rückenmark (Medulla spinalis) übergeht.“
„Bei Streß schüttet das Gehirn Opioide aus, die bestimmte Schmerz-Relais-Neuronen im Mesencephalon in ihrer Aktivität dämpfen.“
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.