Missbildung
German, noun/ˈmɪsˌbɪldʊŋ/
Missbildung is spelled M-I-S-S-B-I-L-D-U-N-G (11 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 116,815th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Missbildung is a German feminine noun meaning “malformation, deformity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “abnorme Ausbildung eines Körperteils bei Lebewesen”.
What does Missbildung mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemalformation, deformity
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. abnorme Ausbildung eines Körperteils bei Lebewesen
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 Missbildung
- Missbildungen plural
- Mißbildung alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Missbildung?
- /ˈmɪsˌbɪldʊŋ/
- [ˈmɪsˌbɪldʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Missbildung in German?
Missbildung appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).