mundfaul
[ˈmʊntˌfaʊ̯l]
The verdict
“mundfaul” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - wenig und nicht gerne redend; nicht gesprächig
Corpus desk
Index DE-mundfaul · mundfaul · German
mundfaul · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | mundfaul |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈmʊntˌfaʊ̯l] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „mundfaul“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
mundfaul is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈmʊntˌfaʊ̯l]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "wenig und nicht gerne redend; nicht gesprächig".
mundfaul doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is mundfaul, spelled M-U-N-D-F-A-U-L.
Definition
- 1wenig und nicht gerne redend; nicht gesprächig
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how mundfaul appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Aus dem mundfaulen jungen Mann wird dann der Star Özil.“
Antonyms
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.