Mystifikation
[mʏstifikaˈt͡si̯oːn]
The verdict
“Mystifikation” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vorgang, jemanden bewusst in die Irre zu führen
Corpus desk
Index DE-mystifikation · Mystifikation · German
Mystifikation · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | Mystifikation |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [mʏstifikaˈt͡si̯oːn] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Mystifikation“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Mystifikation is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [mʏstifikaˈt͡si̯oːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Mystifikation, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Mystifikation, spelled M-Y-S-T-I-F-I-K-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Vorgang, jemanden bewusst in die Irre zu führen
- 2Vorgang oder Handlung mit dem Ergebnis, dass etwas hinter einem Schleier des Geheimnisvollen verborgen wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Mystifikation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Mystifikation war so sehr zu seiner zweiten Natur geworden wie die Pedanterie für Burch.“
„Es war die Evolutionstheorie, die all diese religiösen Mystifikationen zu eliminieren begonnen hatte.“
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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.