Mutterliebe
[ˈmʊtɐˌliːbə]
The verdict
“Mutterliebe” is uncommon German (frequency #67,537 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,537
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Liebe einer Mutter zu ihren – auch erwachsenen – Kindern
Corpus desk
Index DE-mutterliebe · Mutterliebe · German
Mutterliebe · rank #67,537 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,537
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH musstet
Nearest frequency peer: musstet (-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 „Mutterliebe“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Museumsdire…
Museumsdirektor
32,467 corpus weight
- Musikdirekt…
Musikdirektor
32,466 corpus weight
- musstet
musstet
32,465 corpus weight
- Mutterliebe
Mutterliebe
32,464 corpus weight
- Muttersprac…
Muttersprachlern
32,463 corpus weight
- nacharbeiten
nacharbeiten
32,461 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Mutterliebe“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Mutterliebe |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmʊtɐˌliːbə] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #67,537 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Mutterliebe“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Mutterliebe is uncommon German at frequency #67,537 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmʊtɐˌliːbə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die Liebe einer Mutter zu ihren – auch erwachsenen – Kindern".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Mutterliebe, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Mutterliebe, spelled M-U-T-T-E-R-L-I-E-B-E.
Definition
- 1die Liebe einer Mutter zu ihren – auch erwachsenen – Kindern
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Mutterliebe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Vater- und Mutterliebe sind für die Entwicklung eines Kindes nicht ersetzbar.
„Und doch wäre es wohl besser gewesen, wenn sich die Mutterliebe auch in sichtbaren Zärtlichkeiten geäußert hätte, anstatt sich nur in vorbildlicher Pflichterfüllung und in der Vermittlerrolle zum Vater zu erschöpfen.“
Antonyms
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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).