mütterlichen

[ˈmʏtɐlɪçn̩]

/[ˈmʏtɐlɪçn̩]/ adj

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The verdict

“mütterlichen” is uncommon German (frequency #56,374 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,374
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs mütterlich

Corpus desk

Index DE-mutterlichen · mütterlichen · German

mütterlichen · rank #56,374 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,374
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH Müntefering

Nearest frequency peer: Müntefering (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „mütterlichen“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „mütterlichen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for mütterlichen
PropertyValue
Headwordmütterlichen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈmʏtɐlɪçn̩]
Letters12
Frequency rank#56,374
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „mütterlichen“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).mütterlichenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Müntefering“ (#56,373), „Nachmittage“ (#56,375), „mündlicher“ (#56,372). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „mütterlichen“ bei #56,374. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mütterlichen is uncommon German at frequency #56,374 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈmʏtɐlɪçn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 12 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for mütterlichen in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

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 mütterlichen, spelled M-Ü-T-T-E-R-L-I-C-H-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs mütterlich
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs mütterlich
  3. 3
    Genitiv Singular Neutrum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs mütterlich
  4. 4
    Dativ Plural alle Genera der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs mütterlich
  5. 5
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der schwachen Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs mütterlich
  6. 6
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs mütterlich
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der schwachen Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs mütterlich
  8. 8
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der schwachen Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs mütterlich
  9. 9
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs mütterlich
  10. 10
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs mütterlich
  11. 11
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs mütterlich
  12. 12
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs mütterlich

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mütterlichen"?
"mütterlichen" is spelled M-Ü-T-T-E-R-L-I-C-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmʏtɐlɪçn̩].
What does "mütterlichen" mean?
As an adjective, "mütterlichen" means: Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs mütterlich
How do you pronounce "mütterlichen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mütterlichen" is [ˈmʏtɐlɪçn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mütterlichen" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mütterlichen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list