mittelschwer

[ˈmɪtl̩ˌʃveːɐ̯]

/[ˈmɪtl̩ˌʃveːɐ̯]/ adj

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The verdict

“mittelschwer” is uncommon German (frequency #90,646 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,646
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - weder ein niedriges noch ein hohes Gewicht besitzend

Corpus desk

Index DE-mittelschwer · mittelschwer · German

mittelschwer · rank #90,646 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #90,646
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH Mittelgewicht

Nearest frequency peer: Mittelgewicht (-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 „mittelschwer“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „mittelschwer“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for mittelschwer
PropertyValue
Headwordmittelschwer
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈmɪtl̩ˌʃveːɐ̯]
Letters12
Frequency rank#90,646
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „mittelschwer“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).mittelschwerfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Mittelgewicht“ (#90,645), „mitzuführen“ (#90,647), „Mordfälle“ (#90,648). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „mittelschwer“ bei #90,646. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mittelschwer is uncommon German at frequency #90,646 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈmɪtl̩ˌʃveːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for mittelschwer, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 mittelschwer, spelled M-I-T-T-E-L-S-C-H-W-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    weder ein niedriges noch ein hohes Gewicht besitzend
  2. 2
    von durchschnittlicher Intensität, Schwierigkeit

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how mittelschwer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Es ist ein mittelschwerer Boden mit deutlichen Lehmanteilen.
  2. Sie litt unter leichter bis mittelschwerer Akne.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mittelschwer"?
"mittelschwer" is spelled M-I-T-T-E-L-S-C-H-W-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmɪtl̩ˌʃveːɐ̯].
What does "mittelschwer" mean?
As an adjective, "mittelschwer" means: weder ein niedriges noch ein hohes Gewicht besitzend
How do you pronounce "mittelschwer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mittelschwer" is [ˈmɪtl̩ˌʃveːɐ̯]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mittelschwer" come from?
"mittelschwer" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mittelschwer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Ministerrats#90,638Muskelzellen#90,661methodischer#90,627nachgedruckt#90,667

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list