mountain lion
[ˈmaʊntən ˌlaɪən]
The verdict
“mountain lion” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Berglöwe, Puma, Silberlöwe
Corpus desk
Index DE-mountain-lion · mountain lion · German
mountain lion · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | mountain lion |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmaʊntən ˌlaɪən] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „mountain lion“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
mountain lion is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmaʊntən ˌlaɪən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Berglöwe, Puma, Silberlöwe".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for mountain lion, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is mountain lion, spelled M-O-U-N-T-A-I-N- -L-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Berglöwe, Puma, Silberlöwe
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how mountain lion appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The range of the mountain lion extends from Canada to Peru.
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.