Mondsichel
[ˈmoːntˌzɪçl̩]
The verdict
“Mondsichel” is uncommon German (frequency #93,311 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,311
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der Mond, der oft am Abendhimmel eine sichelförmige Gestalt zeigt
Corpus desk
Index DE-mondsichel · Mondsichel · German
Mondsichel · rank #93,311 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,311
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH mollis
Nearest frequency peer: mollis (-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 „Mondsichel“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Mittelmächte
Mittelmächte
6,697 corpus weight
- Molkereien
Molkereien
6,693 corpus weight
- mollis
mollis
6,691 corpus weight
- Mondsichel
Mondsichel
6,690 corpus weight
- monierte
monierte
6,689 corpus weight
- monochrome
monochrome
6,688 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Mondsichel“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Mondsichel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmoːntˌzɪçl̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #93,311 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Mondsichel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Mondsichel is uncommon German at frequency #93,311 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmoːntˌzɪçl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "der Mond, der oft am Abendhimmel eine sichelförmige Gestalt zeigt".
Zero misspellings are on record for Mondsichel in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Mondsichel, spelled M-O-N-D-S-I-C-H-E-L.
Definition
- 1der Mond, der oft am Abendhimmel eine sichelförmige Gestalt zeigt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Mondsichel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die bleiche Mondsichel stand am Himmel.
„Im Licht der schmalen Mondsichel sah Brian deutlich den buschigen Schweif, den der Skunk zierlich in die Luft reckte, und die weißen Streifen an seinem Rücken.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.
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