Mutterkonzern
[ˈmʊtɐkɔnˌt͡sɛʁn]
The verdict
“Mutterkonzern” is an uncommon German word, ranked #59,905 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #59,905
- frequency rank, German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Unternehmen in einem Unternehmensverbund, das beherrschenden Einfluss auf seine Tochterfirmen ausübt
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Mutterkonzern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmʊtɐkɔnˌt͡sɛʁn] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #59,905 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Mutterkonzern” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Mutterkonzern is 13 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈmʊtɐkɔnˌt͡sɛʁn]. Corpus data places it at rank #59,905 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Unternehmen in einem Unternehmensverbund, das beherrschenden Einfluss auf seine Tochterfirmen ausübt".
Zero misspellings are on record for Mutterkonzern in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Mutterkonzern, spelled M-U-T-T-E-R-K-O-N-Z-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1Unternehmen in einem Unternehmensverbund, das beherrschenden Einfluss auf seine Tochterfirmen ausübt
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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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Using “Mutterkonzern”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is M-U-T-T-E-R-K-O-N-Z-E-R-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈmʊtɐkɔnˌt͡sɛʁn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.