Moonshine
[ˈmuːnʃaɪ̯n]
The verdict
“Moonshine” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - schwarzgebrannte Spirituose
Corpus desk
Index DE-moonshine · Moonshine · German
Moonshine · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Moonshine |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmuːnʃaɪ̯n] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Moonshine“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Moonshine is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmuːnʃaɪ̯n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "schwarzgebrannte Spirituose".
Moonshine doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Moonshine, spelled M-O-O-N-S-H-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1schwarzgebrannte Spirituose
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Moonshine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„›Nimm dir'n Viertelliter Moonshine, ich schreib's bei dir auf. Und bring mir einen von den verzollten Whiskeys mit, wenn du da reingehst.‹“
„›Kennst du Moonshine?‹, fragte sie mich.“
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.