Muttersöhnchen
[ˈmʊtɐˌzøːnçən]
The verdict
“Muttersöhnchen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - unselbständiger, verwöhnter männlicher Nachkomme
Corpus desk
Index DE-muttersohnchen · Muttersöhnchen · German
Muttersöhnchen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Muttersöhnchen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmʊtɐˌzøːnçən] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Muttersöhnchen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Muttersöhnchen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmʊtɐˌzøːnçən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "unselbständiger, verwöhnter männlicher Nachkomme".
Muttersöhnchen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, 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 its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Muttersöhnchen, spelled M-U-T-T-E-R-S-Ö-H-N-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1unselbständiger, verwöhnter männlicher Nachkomme
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Muttersöhnchen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der Franke, der es gestern Abend gut fand, dass Muttersöhnchen bei der Bundeswehr geradegestellt werden, torkelt mit einem Bierglas in der Hand unter den Piratenflaggen aus Plastik um 12:10 Uhr Ortszeit gegen einen Pflanzenkübel.“
„Wir mußten sogar noch mehr Mut zeigen als die anderen Jungen, weil sie uns für Muttersöhnchen hielten.“
This word in other languages
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.