motzen

[ˈmɔt͡sn̩]

/[ˈmɔt͡sn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“motzen” is uncommon German (frequency #62,662 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,662
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - meckern; Unzufriedenheit ausdrücken

Corpus desk

Index DE-motzen · motzen · German

motzen · rank #62,662 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #62,662
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH Morast

Nearest frequency peer: Morast (-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 „motzen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for motzen
PropertyValue
Headwordmotzen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈmɔt͡sn̩]
Letters6
Frequency rank#62,662
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „motzen“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.motzenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Morast“ (#62,661), „mutierte“ (#62,663), „möglichem“ (#62,665). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „motzen“ bei #62,662. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

motzen is uncommon German at frequency #62,662 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈmɔt͡sn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "meckern; Unzufriedenheit ausdrücken".

No misspelling variants are generated for motzen in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is motzen, spelled M-O-T-Z-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    meckern; Unzufriedenheit ausdrücken

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Er motzt schon den ganzen Tag.
  2. Er motzt gegen alles, was wir vorhaben.

Synonyms

mäkelnmeckernmosernnölenschimpfen

Antonyms

applaudierenübereinstimmenzustimmen

This word in other languages

grouch(English)râler(Français)

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 "motzen"?
"motzen" is spelled M-O-T-Z-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmɔt͡sn̩].
What does "motzen" mean?
As a verb, "motzen" means: meckern; Unzufriedenheit ausdrücken
How do you pronounce "motzen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "motzen" is [ˈmɔt͡sn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "motzen" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Morast#62,661Mündel#62,669Mekong#62,642Markts#62,634

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list