Mundstück
[ˈmʊntˌʃtʏk]
The verdict
“Mundstück” is uncommon German (frequency #61,757 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,757
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Teil eines Blasinstruments, in das hineingeblasen wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-mundstuck · Mundstück · German
Mundstück · rank #61,757 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,757
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH mun
Nearest frequency peer: mun (-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 „Mundstück“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- muc
muc
38,247 corpus weight
- Mulden
Mulden
38,246 corpus weight
- mun
mun
38,245 corpus weight
- Mundstück
Mundstück
38,244 corpus weight
- Murmel
Murmel
38,243 corpus weight
- mutual
mutual
38,241 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Mundstück“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Mundstück |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmʊntˌʃtʏk] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #61,757 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Mundstück“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Mundstück is uncommon German at frequency #61,757 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmʊntˌʃtʏk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Mundstück has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Mundstück, spelled M-U-N-D-S-T-Ü-C-K.
Definition
- 1Teil eines Blasinstruments, in das hineingeblasen wird
- 2Gebissstück des Zaumzeugs für Pferde
- 3Bauteil einer Tabakspfeife, durch den der Rauch aufgenommen wird; mundgerecht geformtes Röhrchen, in das man eine Zigarette stecken kann
- 4Bauteil eines Wasserstrahlrohrs der Feuerwehr, das die Wassermenge reguliert
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Mundstück appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Mundstück meiner Trompete ist total verdreckt.
„Der erste Moment, wenn man die Nadel aufsetzt, ist wie das Luftholen der Sängerin vor dem ersten Ton, wie das Ansetzen der Trompter, bevor sie die Lippen um ihr Mundstück schließen, wie die Ruhe vor dem Sturm.“
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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