meucheln
[ˈmɔɪ̯çl̩n]
The verdict
“meucheln” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemanden heimtückisch, feige, hinterrücks ermorden, von hinten erstechen
Corpus desk
Index DE-meucheln · meucheln · German
meucheln · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | meucheln |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈmɔɪ̯çl̩n] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „meucheln“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
meucheln is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈmɔɪ̯çl̩n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemanden heimtückisch, feige, hinterrücks ermorden, von hinten erstechen".
meucheln has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 meucheln, spelled M-E-U-C-H-E-L-N.
Definition
- 1jemanden heimtückisch, feige, hinterrücks ermorden, von hinten erstechen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how meucheln appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich meuchelte meinen Gatten.
Der Mörder schlich von hinten an sein Opfer und meuchelte es in der Dunkelheit der Nacht.
This word in other languages
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.