mondän
[mɔnˈdɛːn]
The verdict
“mondän” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - auf eine modisch elegante Erscheinung und Lebensführung bedacht; betont elegant, sehr gewandt und dabei lässig überlegen, im Stil der großen Welt
Corpus desk
Index DE-mondan · mondän · German
mondän · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | mondän |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [mɔnˈdɛːn] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „mondän“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
mondän is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [mɔnˈdɛːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "auf eine modisch elegante Erscheinung und Lebensführung bedacht; betont elegant, sehr gewandt und dabei lässig überlegen, im Stil der großen Welt".
No misspelling variants are generated for mondän in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is mondän, spelled M-O-N-D-Ä-N.
Definition
- 1auf eine modisch elegante Erscheinung und Lebensführung bedacht; betont elegant, sehr gewandt und dabei lässig überlegen, im Stil der großen Welt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how mondän appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Auf dem Wiener Opernball treffen sich Jahr für Jahr die eleganten Herren und mondänen Damen der internationalen High Society.
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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.