Minnesänger

[ˈmɪnəˌzɛŋɐ]

/[ˈmɪnəˌzɛŋɐ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Minnesänger” is uncommon German (frequency #77,072 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,072
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die höfische Liebeslyrik (Minnesang) verfasst/vorträgt

Corpus desk

Index DE-minnesanger · Minnesänger · German

Minnesänger · rank #77,072 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #77,072
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH Militärgericht

Nearest frequency peer: Militärgericht (-2 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 „Minnesänger“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Minnesänger“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Minnesänger
PropertyValue
HeadwordMinnesänger
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈmɪnəˌzɛŋɐ]
Letters11
Frequency rank#77,072
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Minnesänger“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Minnesängerfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Militärgericht“ (#77,070), „Missionaren“ (#77,074), „Milchproduktion“ (#77,069). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „Minnesänger“ bei #77,072. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Minnesänger is uncommon German at frequency #77,072 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmɪnəˌzɛŋɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Person, die höfische Liebeslyrik (Minnesang) verfasst/vorträgt".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Minnesänger, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Minnesänger, spelled M-I-N-N-E-S-Ä-N-G-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Person, die höfische Liebeslyrik (Minnesang) verfasst/vorträgt

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Minnesänger appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Die Sprachkunst der höfischen Epiker und Minnesänger hörte nicht schlagartig auf, sondern lief langsam aus.“

This word in other languages

minnesinger(English)ménestrel(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Minnesänger"?
"Minnesänger" is spelled M-I-N-N-E-S-Ä-N-G-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmɪnəˌzɛŋɐ].
What does "Minnesänger" mean?
As a noun, "Minnesänger" means: Person, die höfische Liebeslyrik (Minnesang) verfasst/vorträgt
How do you pronounce "Minnesänger"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Minnesänger" is [ˈmɪnəˌzɛŋɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Minnesänger" come from?
"Minnesänger" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Minnesänger", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Missionaren#77,074Machtvakuum#77,038Laserstrahl#77,012Papiertüten#77,148

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list