Mutismus
German, noun[muˈtɪsmʊs]
Mutismus is spelled M-U-T-I-S-M-U-S (8 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written German, the 197,584th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mutismus is a German masculine noun meaning “mutism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “absichtliches oder psychisch bedingtes Verstummen einer Person, die ihre Muttersprache beherrscht, auf Zeit…”.
What does Mutismus mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemutism
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. absichtliches oder psychisch bedingtes Verstummen einer Person, die ihre Muttersprache beherrscht, auf Zeit oder auf Dauer, ohne dass dafür organische Ursachen erkennbar sind
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce Mutismus?
- [muˈtɪsmʊs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Mutismus
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Mutismus in German?
Mutismus appears about once in every 13 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).