Pflegemutter

[ˈp͡fleːɡəˌmʊtɐ]

/[ˈp͡fleːɡəˌmʊtɐ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Pflegemutter” is uncommon German (frequency #81,980 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,980
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Frau, die die Fürsorge über jemanden übernommen hat

Corpus desk

Index DE-pflegemutter · Pflegemutter · German

Pflegemutter · rank #81,980 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,980
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH Pflegekinder

Nearest frequency peer: Pflegekinder (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “Pflegemutter”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “Pflegemutter” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Pflegemutter
PropertyValue
HeadwordPflegemutter
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈp͡fleːɡəˌmʊtɐ]
Letters12
Frequency rank#81,980
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Wo “Pflegemutter” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Pflegemutterliegt hier:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. In derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite liegen „Pflegekinder“ (#81,979), „philologische“ (#81,981), „Pflegeeinrichtung“ (#81,978). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Pflegemutter is uncommon German at frequency #81,980 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈp͡fleːɡəˌmʊtɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Frau, die die Fürsorge über jemanden übernommen hat".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Pflegemutter in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Pflegemutter, spelled P-F-L-E-G-E-M-U-T-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Frau, die die Fürsorge über jemanden übernommen hat

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Pflegemutter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Christel, die eigentlich mit der Heirat den Schlägen der Pflegemutter entfliehen wollte, ist vom Regen in die Traufe gekommen.“
  2. „Selbst bestieg sie, so früh es ihr möglich war, die Sänfte, um Frau Mondtraut einen Besuch abzustatten und sie zu bitten, an ihr die Rolle einer Pflegemutter zu übernehmen.“

Synonyms

Nährmutter

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 "Pflegemutter"?
"Pflegemutter" is spelled P-F-L-E-G-E-M-U-T-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈp͡fleːɡəˌmʊtɐ].
What does "Pflegemutter" mean?
As a noun, "Pflegemutter" means: Frau, die die Fürsorge über jemanden übernommen hat
How do you pronounce "Pflegemutter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Pflegemutter" is [ˈp͡fleːɡəˌmʊtɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Pflegemutter" come from?
"Pflegemutter" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Pflegekinder#81,979polarisierte#81,991potenzielles#81,998Problemlagen#82,003

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list