Mölln

[mœln]

/[mœln]/ name

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The verdict

“Mölln” is uncommon German (frequency #53,922 among 44,424 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,922
frequency rank, German
44,424
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eine Stadt in Schleswig-Holstein, Deutschland

Key facts for Mölln
PropertyValue
HeadwordMölln
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[mœln]
Letters5
Frequency rank#53,922
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Mölln” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Mölln lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Mölln is uncommon German at frequency #53,922 among 44,424 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [mœln]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Stadt in Schleswig-Holstein, Deutschland".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Mölln in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. 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 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 Mölln, spelled M-Ö-L-L-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Stadt in Schleswig-Holstein, Deutschland

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 "Mölln"?
"Mölln" is spelled M-Ö-L-L-N. The IPA pronunciation is [mœln].
What does "Mölln" mean?
As a proper noun, "Mölln" means: eine Stadt in Schleswig-Holstein, Deutschland
How do you pronounce "Mölln"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Mölln" is [mœln]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Mölln" come from?
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Using “Mölln”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is M-Ö-L-L-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [mœln] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Other uncommon German words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list