Volksmärchen

[ˈfɔlksˌmɛːɐ̯çən]

/[ˈfɔlksˌmɛːɐ̯çən]/ noun

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The verdict

“Volksmärchen” is uncommon German (frequency #88,485 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#88,485
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - lange Zeit mündlich tradiertes Märchen, für das kein Autor bekannt ist

Corpus desk

Index DE-volksmarchen · Volksmärchen · German

Volksmärchen · rank #88,485 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #88,485
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH Vollstreckung…

Nearest frequency peer: Vollstreckungsbeamte (+2 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 „Volksmärchen“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Volksmärchen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Volksmärchen
PropertyValue
HeadwordVolksmärchen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈfɔlksˌmɛːɐ̯çən]
Letters12
Frequency rank#88,485
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Volksmärchen“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Volksmärchenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Vollstreckungsbeamte“ (#88,487), „vierfacher“ (#88,482), „Volte“ (#88,488). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „Volksmärchen“ bei #88,485. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Volksmärchen is uncommon German at frequency #88,485 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfɔlksˌmɛːɐ̯çən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "lange Zeit mündlich tradiertes Märchen, für das kein Autor bekannt ist".

No misspelling variants are generated for Volksmärchen in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Volksmärchen, spelled V-O-L-K-S-M-Ä-R-C-H-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    lange Zeit mündlich tradiertes Märchen, für das kein Autor bekannt ist

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Tatsächlich muss, wer die Volksmärchen nicht nur der Gebrüder Grimm studiert, einräumen, dass die Kleriker sehr erfolgreich darin waren, bestimmte Frauen als Hexen zu denunzieren.“
  2. „Sie erforschten und publizierten Volksmärchen wie die Sammlung der Gebrüder Grimm.“

Antonyms

Kunstmärchen

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 "Volksmärchen"?
"Volksmärchen" is spelled V-O-L-K-S-M-Ä-R-C-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfɔlksˌmɛːɐ̯çən].
What does "Volksmärchen" mean?
As a noun, "Volksmärchen" means: lange Zeit mündlich tradiertes Märchen, für das kein Autor bekannt ist
How do you pronounce "Volksmärchen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Volksmärchen" is [ˈfɔlksˌmɛːɐ̯çən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Volksmärchen" come from?
"Volksmärchen" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

vordringlich#88,491verwickelten#88,478verlockendes#88,458Whataboutism#88,520

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list