Mistkäfer
[ˈmɪstˌkɛːfɐ]
The verdict
“Mistkäfer” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - von Exkrementen lebender Käfer
Corpus desk
Index DE-mistkafer · Mistkäfer · German
Mistkäfer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | Mistkäfer |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmɪstˌkɛːfɐ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Mistkäfer“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Mistkäfer is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmɪstˌkɛːfɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "von Exkrementen lebender Käfer".
Mistkäfer has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Mistkäfer, spelled M-I-S-T-K-Ä-F-E-R.
Definition
- 1von Exkrementen lebender Käfer
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Mistkäfer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Mit Chepre (Skarabäus) gaben die Ägypter dem Mistkäfer einen Namen, der zwar auch nicht gerade Musik in ihren Ohren war, doch wenigstens in Gesellschaft ausgesprochen werden konnte.“
„In den Augen der Ägypter ist dieser Mistkäfer ein richtiger Alchimist.“
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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.