mütterlich
[ˈmʏtɐlɪç]
The verdict
“mütterlich” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - von der Mutter stammend, zur Mutter gehörig
Corpus desk
Index DE-mutterlich · mütterlich · German
mütterlich · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | mütterlich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈmʏtɐlɪç] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „mütterlich“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
mütterlich is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈmʏtɐlɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for mütterlich, 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 nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is mütterlich, spelled M-Ü-T-T-E-R-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1von der Mutter stammend, zur Mutter gehörig
- 2fürsorglich, liebevoll wie eine Mutter
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mütterlich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bei den Aka etwa, einem zentralafrikanischen Pygmäenvolk, leben manche Familien mit den mütterlichen, andere mit den väterlichen Verwandten.
Keine anheimelnde Umgebung erwartet ihn[den Embryo], sondern das mütterliche Immunsystem.
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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.