morsch
[mɔʁʃ]
The verdict
“morsch” is uncommon German (frequency #68,493 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,493
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - durch Fäulnis hohl und brüchig und dem Zerfall nahe
Corpus desk
Index DE-morsch · morsch · German
morsch · rank #68,493 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,493
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH Mordverdacht
Nearest frequency peer: Mordverdacht (-2 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 „morsch“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Moduls
Moduls
31,513 corpus weight
- Mombasa
Mombasa
31,512 corpus weight
- Monatsgehalt
Monatsgehalt
31,511 corpus weight
- Mordverdacht
Mordverdacht
31,510 corpus weight
- morsch
morsch
31,508 corpus weight
- Murrhardt
Murrhardt
31,506 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „morsch“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | morsch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [mɔʁʃ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #68,493 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „morsch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
morsch is uncommon German at frequency #68,493 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [mɔʁʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for morsch in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is morsch, spelled M-O-R-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1durch Fäulnis hohl und brüchig und dem Zerfall nahe
- 2gebrechlich
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how morsch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Hocker war so morsch, dass er schon zusammenbrach, als sie ihre Handtasche darauf stellte.
Der morsche Baumstumpf war voller Hallimasche.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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