monströs
[mɔnˈstʁøːs]
The verdict
“monströs” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - von der Art eines Monsters, wie ein Monster beschaffen
Corpus desk
Index DE-monstros · monströs · German
monströs · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | monströs |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [mɔnˈstʁøːs] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „monströs“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
monströs is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [mɔnˈstʁøːs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for monströs in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 monströs, spelled M-O-N-S-T-R-Ö-S.
Definition
- 1von der Art eines Monsters, wie ein Monster beschaffen
- 2über die Maßen groß oder aufwendig, riesengroß
- 3ungeheuerlich, ungeheuer
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how monströs appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Dramatisch ist die Bildwirkung, monströs ragen wie Schlagschatten die »Figuren« in einen aufgewühlten Farbgrund, und unentschieden bleibt die Frage, ob es sich nun um figurative oder abstrakte Malerei handelt.“
Vergleichende Betrachtungen großer und kleiner Vögel, etwa die Gegenüberstellung des monströsen Oberschenkelknochens eines fossilen Riesenstraußes und des winzigen Skelettes eines Kolibris, lassen zunächst auf die spektakuläre Darstellung von Extremleistungen schließen.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.