multilingual
[mʊltilɪŋˈɡu̯aːl]
The verdict
“multilingual” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mehrere, viele Sprachen betreffend
Corpus desk
Index DE-multilingual · multilingual · German
multilingual · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | multilingual |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [mʊltilɪŋˈɡu̯aːl] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „multilingual“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
multilingual is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [mʊltilɪŋˈɡu̯aːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mehrere, viele Sprachen betreffend".
No generated misspelling entries exist for multilingual in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. 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.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is multilingual, spelled M-U-L-T-I-L-I-N-G-U-A-L.
Definition
- 1mehrere, viele Sprachen betreffend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how multilingual appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Manche Staaten wie z.B. Indien sind multilingual.
„Die Gesellschaft in der Region des heutigen Lettland ist stets multilingual und multikulturell geprägt gewesen…“
Synonyms
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.