Mormone
[mɔʁˈmoːnə]
The verdict
“Mormone” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mitglied einer Religionsgemeinschaft, die sich auf den Propheten Joseph Smith beruft
Corpus desk
Index DE-mormone · Mormone · German
Mormone · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Mormone |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [mɔʁˈmoːnə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Mormone“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Mormone is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [mɔʁˈmoːnə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mitglied einer Religionsgemeinschaft, die sich auf den Propheten Joseph Smith beruft".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Mormone, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Mormone, spelled M-O-R-M-O-N-E.
Definition
- 1Mitglied einer Religionsgemeinschaft, die sich auf den Propheten Joseph Smith beruft
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Mormone appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Mormonen haben kein Interesse an der Ökumene.
Gläubige Mormonen fasten mindestens einmal im Monat.
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.