Mutterboden
[ˈmʊtɐˌboːdn̩]
The verdict
“Mutterboden” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die im Gegensatz zum toten Untergrund von Bakterien belebte, humusreiche fruchtbare Ackerkrume
Corpus desk
Index DE-mutterboden · Mutterboden · German
Mutterboden · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Mutterboden |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmʊtɐˌboːdn̩] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Mutterboden“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Mutterboden is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmʊtɐˌboːdn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die im Gegensatz zum toten Untergrund von Bakterien belebte, humusreiche fruchtbare Ackerkrume".
Mutterboden doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 Mutterboden, spelled M-U-T-T-E-R-B-O-D-E-N.
Definition
- 1die im Gegensatz zum toten Untergrund von Bakterien belebte, humusreiche fruchtbare Ackerkrume
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Mutterboden appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ihr Mann hielt sich in der hinteren Ecke des Gartens auf und hatte den rechten Stiefel auf der Schaufel, um sie in die Erde zu stoßen und einen weiteren Haufen Mutterboden anzuheben.“
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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.