Missetäter
[ˈmɪsəˌtɛːtɐ]
The verdict
“Missetäter” 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) - Person, die etwas Verwerfliches (eine Missetat) begangen hat
Corpus desk
Index DE-missetater · Missetäter · German
Missetäter · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Missetäter |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmɪsəˌtɛːtɐ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Missetäter“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Missetäter is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmɪsəˌtɛːtɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Person, die etwas Verwerfliches (eine Missetat) begangen hat".
Zero misspellings are on record for Missetäter in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Missetäter, spelled M-I-S-S-E-T-Ä-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Person, die etwas Verwerfliches (eine Missetat) begangen hat
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Missetäter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Diese Missetäter knieten nieder.“
„Mögen Jahre darüber hingehen, mag dem Missetäter inzwischen ein langer Bart gewachsen sein, eines Tages kommt die Geschichte ans Licht, der Vorhang lüftet sich über seiner Tat, über der er längst Gras gewachsen glaubte.“
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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.