monotonen

[monoˈtoːnən]

/[monoˈtoːnən]/ adj

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The verdict

“monotonen” is uncommon German (frequency #79,514 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#79,514
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs monoton

Corpus desk

Index DE-monotonen · monotonen · German

monotonen · rank #79,514 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #79,514
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH Moosen

Nearest frequency peer: Moosen (+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 „monotonen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for monotonen
PropertyValue
Headwordmonotonen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[monoˈtoːnən]
Letters9
Frequency rank#79,514
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „monotonen“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).monotonenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Moosen“ (#79,515), „mRNA“ (#79,517), „MMC“ (#79,510). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „monotonen“ bei #79,514. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

monotonen is uncommon German at frequency #79,514 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [monoˈtoːnən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 12 senses are on record.

monotonen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No explicit etymology string is stored 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 monotonen, spelled M-O-N-O-T-O-N-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs monoton
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs monoton
  3. 3
    Genitiv Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs monoton
  4. 4
    Dativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs monoton
  5. 5
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs monoton
  6. 6
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs monoton
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs monoton
  8. 8
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs monoton
  9. 9
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs monoton
  10. 10
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs monoton
  11. 11
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs monoton
  12. 12
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs monoton

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 "monotonen"?
"monotonen" is spelled M-O-N-O-T-O-N-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [monoˈtoːnən].
What does "monotonen" mean?
As an adjective, "monotonen" means: Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs monoton
How do you pronounce "monotonen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "monotonen" is [monoˈtoːnən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "monotonen" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

mitbringe#79,507missmutig#79,504muskuläre#79,524Milzbrand#79,500

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list