Mimese
[miˈmeːzə]
The verdict
“Mimese” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - evolutionäre Anpassung einer Art, ihr Aussehen einem Objekt in ihrer Umgebung anzugleichen um sich zu tarnen
Corpus desk
Index DE-mimese · Mimese · German
Mimese · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 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 | Mimese |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [miˈmeːzə] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Mimese“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Mimese is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [miˈmeːzə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "evolutionäre Anpassung einer Art, ihr Aussehen einem Objekt in ihrer Umgebung anzugleichen um sich zu tarnen".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Mimese, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 Mimese, spelled M-I-M-E-S-E.
Definition
- 1evolutionäre Anpassung einer Art, ihr Aussehen einem Objekt in ihrer Umgebung anzugleichen um sich zu tarnen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Mimese appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Um nicht gefressen zu werden setzt das Wandelnde Blatt auf Mimese.
Antonyms
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.