montan

[mɔnˈtaːn]

/[mɔnˈtaːn]/ adj

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The verdict

“montan” is uncommon German (frequency #80,695 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,695
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - den Bergbau oder das Hüttenwesen betreffend oder zu ihm gehörig

Corpus desk

Index DE-montan · montan · German

montan · rank #80,695 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,695
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH Molotowcockta…

Nearest frequency peer: Molotowcocktails (-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 „montan“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for montan
PropertyValue
Headwordmontan
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[mɔnˈtaːn]
Letters6
Frequency rank#80,695
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „montan“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Molotowcocktails“ (#80,694), „Moleküls“ (#80,693), „Motoröl“ (#80,697). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „montan“ bei #80,695. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

montan is uncommon German at frequency #80,695 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [mɔnˈtaːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

montan doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is montan, spelled M-O-N-T-A-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    den Bergbau oder das Hüttenwesen betreffend oder zu ihm gehörig
  2. 2
    die Höhe einer Landschaft mit ihrer typischen Fauna und Flora beschreibend: zwischen ca. 500m und 1.500m Höhe (über NN)

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. In Mitteleuropa liegt die Grenze [vom Mittelgebirge] zum Hochgebirge bei etwa 1500 bis 1800 m. Dies entspricht der Grenze zwischen den Höhenstufen montan und alpin.

Antonyms

alpinkollinsubmontanebenflachgebirgignivaltief

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 "montan"?
"montan" is spelled M-O-N-T-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is [mɔnˈtaːn].
What does "montan" mean?
As an adjective, "montan" means: den Bergbau oder das Hüttenwesen betreffend oder zu ihm gehörig
How do you pronounce "montan"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "montan" is [mɔnˈtaːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "montan" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Mottos#80,698Mühsal#80,709Mensen#80,672meadow#80,661

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list