mimen
[ˈmiːmən]
The verdict
“mimen” is uncommon German (frequency #61,742 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,742
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - schauspielerisch darstellen
Corpus desk
Index DE-mimen · mimen · German
mimen · rank #61,742 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,742
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH Millisekunden
Nearest frequency peer: Millisekunden (-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 „mimen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- mentoring
mentoring
38,263 corpus weight
- Messerstech…
Messerstecher
38,261 corpus weight
- Millisekund…
Millisekunden
38,260 corpus weight
- mimen
mimen
38,259 corpus weight
- Minibar
Minibar
38,258 corpus weight
- mitgedacht
mitgedacht
38,257 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „mimen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mimen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈmiːmən] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #61,742 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „mimen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
mimen is uncommon German at frequency #61,742 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈmiːmən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
mimen has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is mimen, spelled M-I-M-E-N.
Definition
- 1schauspielerisch darstellen
- 2übertragen, abwertend: vortäuschen, tun als ob
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mimen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Horst Müller mimte die Rolle des König Lear hervorragend.
„Er mimte Ergriffenheit, und so eine Art von karger Trauer mischte er sich zurecht, wobei er seine Hände langsam zusammenführte und auf der Höhe seines Geschlechts ineinanderlegte.“
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.
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