miauen

[miˈaʊ̯ən]

/[miˈaʊ̯ən]/ verb

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The verdict

“miauen” is uncommon German (frequency #98,807 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#98,807
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - den Katzenlaut „miau“ von sich geben

Corpus desk

Index DE-miauen · miauen · German

miauen · rank #98,807 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #98,807
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH MiB

Nearest frequency peer: MiB (+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 „miauen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for miauen
PropertyValue
Headwordmiauen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[miˈaʊ̯ən]
Letters6
Frequency rank#98,807
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „miauen“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).miauenfällt 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: „MiB“ (#98,808), „merkwürdigsten“ (#98,805), „mier“ (#98,809). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „miauen“ bei #98,807. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

miauen is uncommon German at frequency #98,807 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [miˈaʊ̯ən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "den Katzenlaut „miau“ von sich geben".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for miauen, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is miauen, spelled M-I-A-U-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    den Katzenlaut „miau“ von sich geben

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Der kleine Kater miaute leise.

Synonyms

maunzen

Antonyms

fauchenschnurren

This word in other languages

meow(English)miauler(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 "miauen"?
"miauen" is spelled M-I-A-U-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [miˈaʊ̯ən].
What does "miauen" mean?
As a verb, "miauen" means: den Katzenlaut „miau“ von sich geben
How do you pronounce "miauen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "miauen" is [miˈaʊ̯ən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "miauen" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

mallet#98,786machet#98,783myrrhe#98,834Lottes#98,773

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list