Mindestmaß
[ˈmɪndəstˌmaːs]
The verdict
“Mindestmaß” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Ausmaß (Größe, Menge) von etwas, das auf jeden Fall erreicht werden muss
Corpus desk
Index DE-mindestma · Mindestmaß · German
Mindestmaß · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | Mindestmaß |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmɪndəstˌmaːs] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Mindestmaß“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Mindestmaß is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmɪndəstˌmaːs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ausmaß (Größe, Menge) von etwas, das auf jeden Fall erreicht werden muss".
No misspelling variants are generated for Mindestmaß 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, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Mindestmaß, spelled M-I-N-D-E-S-T-M-A-S-S.
Definition
- 1Ausmaß (Größe, Menge) von etwas, das auf jeden Fall erreicht werden muss
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Mindestmaß appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Wilhelm Busch hatte von früh auf gelernt, mit einem für uns Heutige unvorstellbaren Mindestmaß an äußerer Anregung auszukommen.“
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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.