Mittellauf
[ˈmɪtl̩ˌlaʊ̯f]
The verdict
“Mittellauf” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mittlerer Abschnitt des Flusslaufs
Corpus desk
Index DE-mittellauf · Mittellauf · German
Mittellauf · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | Mittellauf |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmɪtl̩ˌlaʊ̯f] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Mittellauf“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Mittellauf is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmɪtl̩ˌlaʊ̯f]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mittlerer Abschnitt des Flusslaufs".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Mittellauf, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Mittellauf, spelled M-I-T-T-E-L-L-A-U-F.
Definition
- 1mittlerer Abschnitt des Flusslaufs
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Mittellauf appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die besonders wasserreichen Zuflüsse der Ahr befinden sich im Ober- und Mittellauf, sodass auf einer Strecke von 55 km schon mehr als 85 % der durchschnittlichen Wassermenge zugeflossen sind.“
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.