mittelalterlich
[ˈmɪtl̩ˌʔaltɐlɪç]
The verdict
“mittelalterlich” is uncommon German (frequency #50,724 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,724
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das Mittelalter betreffend; aus dem Mittelalter stammend
Corpus desk
Index DE-mittelalterlich · mittelalterlich · German
mittelalterlich · rank #50,724 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,724
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH Mitochondrien
Nearest frequency peer: Mitochondrien (-2 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 „mittelalterlich“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- mitnehme
mitnehme
49,280 corpus weight
- Mitochondri…
Mitochondrien
49,279 corpus weight
- mittelalter…
mittelalterlich
49,277 corpus weight
- mock
mock
49,275 corpus weight
- modular
modular
49,274 corpus weight
- mollige
mollige
49,273 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „mittelalterlich“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mittelalterlich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈmɪtl̩ˌʔaltɐlɪç] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #50,724 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „mittelalterlich“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
mittelalterlich is uncommon German at frequency #50,724 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈmɪtl̩ˌʔaltɐlɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for mittelalterlich 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.
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 mittelalterlich, spelled M-I-T-T-E-L-A-L-T-E-R-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1das Mittelalter betreffend; aus dem Mittelalter stammend
- 2rückständig, nicht zeitgemäß
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mittelalterlich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Auf diesem Bild sehen wir ein mittelalterliches Dorffest.
„In der Stimme des Konservators schwingt echte Anerkennung für den mittelalterlichen Bischof Azelin mit.“
Synonyms
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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