Mienenspiel
[ˈmiːnənˌʃpiːl]
The verdict
“Mienenspiel” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bewegung/Veränderung im Gesichtsausdruck
Corpus desk
Index DE-mienenspiel · Mienenspiel · German
Mienenspiel · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | Mienenspiel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmiːnənˌʃpiːl] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Mienenspiel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Mienenspiel is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmiːnənˌʃpiːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bewegung/Veränderung im Gesichtsausdruck".
No misspelling variants are generated for Mienenspiel in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Mienenspiel, spelled M-I-E-N-E-N-S-P-I-E-L.
Definition
- 1Bewegung/Veränderung im Gesichtsausdruck
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Mienenspiel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Bewegungen dieser Falten bestritten fast sein gesamtes Mienenspiel.“
„Er ließ die Freude erkennen, die ihm das Bestrafen bereitete, denn er hatte nicht gelernt, sein Mienenspiel zu beherrschen.“
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.