Mitmensch
[ˈmɪtˌmɛnʃ]
The verdict
“Mitmensch” is uncommon German (frequency #80,684 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,684
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mensch an sich, der mit anderen in der Gesellschaft lebt und mit ihnen den Lebensraum teilt
Corpus desk
Index DE-mitmensch · Mitmensch · German
Mitmensch · rank #80,684 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,684
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH Mitbegründerin
Nearest frequency peer: Mitbegründerin (-1 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 „Mitmensch“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Mikrofilm
Mikrofilm
19,321 corpus weight
- misshandelt…
misshandelten
19,319 corpus weight
- Mitbegründe…
Mitbegründerin
19,318 corpus weight
- Mitmensch
Mitmensch
19,317 corpus weight
- mitteilten
mitteilten
19,315 corpus weight
- Mittelrhein…
Mittelrheintal
19,314 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Mitmensch“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Mitmensch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmɪtˌmɛnʃ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #80,684 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Mitmensch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Mitmensch is uncommon German at frequency #80,684 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmɪtˌmɛnʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mensch an sich, der mit anderen in der Gesellschaft lebt und mit ihnen den Lebensraum teilt".
Zero misspellings are on record for Mitmensch in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Mitmensch, spelled M-I-T-M-E-N-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1Mensch an sich, der mit anderen in der Gesellschaft lebt und mit ihnen den Lebensraum teilt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Mitmensch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Man sollte sich auch um seine Mitmenschen kümmern.
„Selbstbestimmung, Freiheit, Gleichheit, Brüderlichkeit: die himmlischen Worte überstürzten einander. Enthusiasmus und Freude erheben auf Riesenschultern Paris zur Hauptstadt der Welt. Papst, Henker und Thron versinken im Dunkel. Denn siehe: euch wurde der Mitmensch geboren.“
This word in other languages
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.
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