mutterseelenallein
German, adjective/ˌmʊtɐˌzeːlən.aˈlaɪ̯n/
mutterseelenallein is spelled M-U-T-T-E-R-S-E-E-L-E-N-A-L-L-E-I-N (18 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 107,140th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mutterseelenallein is a German adjective meaning “utterly alone, all alone” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ganz und gar allein, sehr einsam, völlig vereinsamt; ganz verlassen”.
What does mutterseelenallein mean in English?
adjective
- 1
utterly alone, all alone
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. ganz und gar allein, sehr einsam, völlig vereinsamt; ganz verlassen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of mutterseelenallein
- mutterseelenalleiner masculine nominative singular
- mutterseelenalleine feminine nominative singular
- mutterseelenalleines neuter nominative singular
- mutterseelenalleinen genitive masculine singular
- mutterseelenalleinem dative masculine singular
- der mutterseelenalleine definite includes-article masculine
- die mutterseelenalleine definite feminine includes-article
- das mutterseelenalleine definite includes-article neuter
- die mutterseelenalleinen definite includes-article nominative
- des mutterseelenalleinen definite genitive includes-article
- der mutterseelenalleinen definite feminine genitive
- dem mutterseelenalleinen dative definite includes-article
- den mutterseelenalleinen dative definite includes-article
- mutterseelallein variant archaic
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mutterseelenallein?
- /ˌmʊtɐˌzeːlən.aˈlaɪ̯n/
- /ˈmʊtɐˌzeːlən.aˌlaɪ̯n/
- [ˌmʊtɐzeːlənʔaˈlaɪ̯n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is mutterseelenallein in German?
mutterseelenallein appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).