moder

[ˈmoːdɐ]

/[ˈmoːdɐ]/ verb

The verdict

“moder” is uncommon German (frequency #67,521 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,521
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs modern

Corpus desk

Index DE-moder · moder · German

moder · rank #67,521 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,521
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH Modehaus

Nearest frequency peer: Modehaus (-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 „moder“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for moder
PropertyValue
Headwordmoder
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈmoːdɐ]
Letters5
Frequency rank#67,521
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „moder“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.moderfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Modehaus“ (#67,520), „mitzuhelfen“ (#67,519), „mors“ (#67,523). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „moder“ bei #67,521. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

moder is uncommon German at frequency #67,521 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈmoːdɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

moder has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 moder, spelled M-O-D-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs modern
  2. 2
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs modern

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 "moder"?
"moder" is spelled M-O-D-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmoːdɐ].
What does "moder" mean?
As a verb, "moder" means: 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs modern
How do you pronounce "moder"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "moder" is [ˈmoːdɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "moder" come from?
"moder" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list