Mülltrennung

[ˈmʏlˌtʁɛnʊŋ]

/[ˈmʏlˌtʁɛnʊŋ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Mülltrennung” is uncommon German (frequency #78,319 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,319
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sortierung des Mülls nach dessen Sorte

Corpus desk

Index DE-mulltrennung · Mülltrennung · German

Mülltrennung · rank #78,319 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,319
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH müht

Nearest frequency peer: müht (-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 „Mülltrennung“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Mülltrennung
PropertyValue
HeadwordMülltrennung
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈmʏlˌtʁɛnʊŋ]
Letters12
Frequency rank#78,319
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Mülltrennung“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Mülltrennungfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „müht“ (#78,317), „Nabburg“ (#78,321), „Nachfolgeregelung“ (#78,322). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „Mülltrennung“ bei #78,319. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Mülltrennung is uncommon German at frequency #78,319 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmʏlˌtʁɛnʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sortierung des Mülls nach dessen Sorte".

Mülltrennung has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Mülltrennung, spelled M-Ü-L-L-T-R-E-N-N-U-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sortierung des Mülls nach dessen Sorte

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Mit Mülltrennung kann man viel erreichen.
  2. „Nichts ist für Ausländer einfacher, als über die Mülltrennung in Deutschland zu lästern.“

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 "Mülltrennung"?
"Mülltrennung" is spelled M-Ü-L-L-T-R-E-N-N-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmʏlˌtʁɛnʊŋ].
What does "Mülltrennung" mean?
As a noun, "Mülltrennung" means: Sortierung des Mülls nach dessen Sorte
How do you pronounce "Mülltrennung"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Mülltrennung" is [ˈmʏlˌtʁɛnʊŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list