Mimose
German, noun[miˈmoːzə]
Mimose is spelled M-I-M-O-S-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 123,622nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mimose is a German feminine noun meaning “Mimosa; sensitive plant (Mimosa pudica)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Pflanzengattung Mimosa (deutsch: Mimosen)”.
What does Mimose mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineMimosa; sensitive plant (Mimosa pudica)
- 2
feminineoversensitive person
Sei nicht so empfindlich, du Mimose!
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. die Pflanzengattung Mimosa (deutsch: Mimosen) 2. ein Vertreter der Mimosen, speziell eine tropische Pflanze Mimosa pudica 3. eine Person, die empfindlich auf Kritik reagiert; eine Person, die empfindlich ist
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Mimose
- Mimosen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Mimose?
- [miˈmoːzə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Mimose
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Mimose in German?
Mimose appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).