Mitgefangener
[ˈmɪtɡəˌfaŋənɐ]
The verdict
“Mitgefangener” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemand, der zusammen mit anderen gefangen ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-mitgefangener · Mitgefangener · German
Mitgefangener · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | Mitgefangener |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmɪtɡəˌfaŋənɐ] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Mitgefangener“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Mitgefangener is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmɪtɡəˌfaŋənɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemand, der zusammen mit anderen gefangen ist".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Mitgefangener, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Mitgefangener, spelled M-I-T-G-E-F-A-N-G-E-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1jemand, der zusammen mit anderen gefangen ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Mitgefangener appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Nguyen und seine Mitgefangenen werden unmittelbar damit beauftragt, das Gefangenenlager aufzubauen und den Wald zu roden, um Nahrungsmittel anbauen zu können.“
„Böttger hat sich wie alle Mitgefangenen einen Bart wachsen lassen.“
Synonyms
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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.