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Muster

German, noun

Muster is spelled M-U-S-T-E-R (6 letters) and appears 19 times per million words in written German, the 4,037th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Muster is a German neuter noun meaning “example” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, muster is a different word: “singular imperative of mustern”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “gleichbleibende Struktur, die einer sich wiederholenden Sache zu Grunde liegt”.

What does Muster mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    neuterexample

  2. 2

    neuterpattern

  3. 3

    neutertemplate

  4. 4

    neuterpattern

verb

as muster
  1. 1

    singular imperative of mustern

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. gleichbleibende Struktur, die einer sich wiederholenden Sache zu Grunde liegt 2. ein Handlungsablauf oder eine Denk-, Gestaltungs- oder Verhaltensweise, die zur gleichförmigen Wiederholung (Reproduktion) bestimmt ist 3. Warenprobe; Stück oder Darstellung, die dem angebotenen Produkt gleich ist; die dem Kunden einen realistischen Eindruck vom Produkt vermitteln soll

The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.

Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of Muster

  • Musters genitive
  • Mustern dative definite plural
  • M. abbreviation

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to Muster

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Muster in German?

Muster appears 19 times per million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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