Molybdän

[molʏpˈdɛːn]

/[molʏpˈdɛːn]/ noun

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The verdict

“Molybdän” is uncommon German (frequency #72,742 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,742
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 42, das zur Serie der Übergangsmetalle gehört

Corpus desk

Index DE-molybdan · Molybdän · German

Molybdän · rank #72,742 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,742
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH Mogul

Nearest frequency peer: Mogul (-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 „Molybdän“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Molybdän
PropertyValue
HeadwordMolybdän
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[molʏpˈdɛːn]
Letters8
Frequency rank#72,742
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Molybdän“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Molybdänfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Mogul“ (#72,741), „mobilisierte“ (#72,740), „Montagen“ (#72,744). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „Molybdän“ bei #72,742. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Molybdän is uncommon German at frequency #72,742 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [molʏpˈdɛːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 42, das zur Serie der Übergangsmetalle gehört".

Zero misspellings are on record for Molybdän in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Molybdän, spelled M-O-L-Y-B-D-Ä-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 42, das zur Serie der Übergangsmetalle gehört

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Molybdän kommt natürlich meistens als Molybdänit vor.

This word in other languages

molybdenum(English)molibdeno(Español)molybdène(Français)molibdénio(Português)

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 "Molybdän"?
"Molybdän" is spelled M-O-L-Y-B-D-Ä-N. The IPA pronunciation is [molʏpˈdɛːn].
What does "Molybdän" mean?
As a noun, "Molybdän" means: chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 42, das zur Serie der Übergangsmetalle gehört
How do you pronounce "Molybdän"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Molybdän" is [molʏpˈdɛːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Molybdän" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Montagen#72,744Mustangs#72,754möbliert#72,756Mentorin#72,720

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list