mitreißen
[ˈmɪtˌʁaɪ̯sn̩]
The verdict
“mitreißen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - jemanden/etwas mit sich zerren
Corpus desk
Index DE-mitrei-en · mitreißen · German
mitreißen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | mitreißen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈmɪtˌʁaɪ̯sn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „mitreißen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
mitreißen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈmɪtˌʁaɪ̯sn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for mitreißen in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is mitreißen, spelled M-I-T-R-E-I-S-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1jemanden/etwas mit sich zerren
- 2Enthusiasmus verbreiten
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mitreißen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Felssturz riss sie mit in die Tiefe.
„An den Winterabenden, wenn der Wind um das allein stehende Kinderhaus pfiff und alles mitriss, was ihm in den Weg kam, erzählte sie ihre Geschichten.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.