MOOC
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The verdict
“MOOC” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - spezielle Form von universitären, internetbasierten Onlinekursen mit sehr vielen Teilnehmern
Corpus desk
Index DE-mooc · MOOC · German
MOOC · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 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 | MOOC |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „MOOC“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
MOOC is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "spezielle Form von universitären, internetbasierten Onlinekursen mit sehr vielen Teilnehmern".
Zero misspellings are on record for MOOC in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, 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 MOOC, spelled M-O-O-C.
Definition
- 1spezielle Form von universitären, internetbasierten Onlinekursen mit sehr vielen Teilnehmern
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how MOOC appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ihren ersten MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) hat die Fernuniversität in Hagen ab dem 29. April für die Dauer von vier Wochen in Form eines „Interdisziplinären Diskurses zur digitalen Gesellschaft“ […] angeboten. […] MOOCs werden bereits von Hochschulen, Institutionen und Unternehmen weltweit eingesetzt. Nicht immer erfolgreich. […] Deshalb war dieser e…
Der MOOC „Web-Technologien“ des Hasso-Plattner-Institutes an der Universität Potsdam hat ein sehr hohes Niveau.
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.