munteren

[ˈmʊntəʁən]

/[ˈmʊntəʁən]/ adj

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The verdict

“munteren” is uncommon German (frequency #75,990 among 44,424 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,990
frequency rank, German
44,424
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs munter

Key facts for munteren
PropertyValue
Headwordmunteren
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈmʊntəʁən]
Letters8
Frequency rank#75,990
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “munteren” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). munteren lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

munteren is uncommon German at frequency #75,990 among 44,424 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈmʊntəʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 12 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for munteren, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is munteren, spelled M-U-N-T-E-R-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs munter
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs munter
  3. 3
    Genitiv Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs munter
  4. 4
    Dativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs munter
  5. 5
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs munter
  6. 6
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs munter
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs munter
  8. 8
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs munter
  9. 9
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs munter
  10. 10
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs munter
  11. 11
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs munter
  12. 12
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs munter

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 "munteren"?
"munteren" is spelled M-U-N-T-E-R-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmʊntəʁən].
What does "munteren" mean?
As an adjective, "munteren" means: Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs munter
How do you pronounce "munteren"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "munteren" is [ˈmʊntəʁən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "munteren" come from?
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Using “munteren”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is M-U-N-T-E-R-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈmʊntəʁən] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Other uncommon German words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list