miesmachen
[ˈmiːsˌmaxn̩]
The verdict
“miesmachen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - über jemanden oder etwas nur Negatives behaupten
Corpus desk
Index DE-miesmachen · miesmachen · German
miesmachen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | miesmachen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈmiːsˌmaxn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „miesmachen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
miesmachen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈmiːsˌmaxn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for miesmachen in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is miesmachen, spelled M-I-E-S-M-A-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1über jemanden oder etwas nur Negatives behaupten
- 2die Freude an einer Sache durch ständige Kritik nehmen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how miesmachen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Weihnachtsfest sollte nicht als Stress-Zeit oder Fress-Zeit miesgemacht werden.
In Stockholm gehörte Sigge zu den Aussenseitern der Schule - die anderen Jungen hatten es einfach auf ihn abgesehen und ihn solange miesgemacht, bis auch sein einziger Freund nichts mehr mit ihm zu tun haben wollte.
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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.