Mahlzeit
\ˈmaːlˌt͡saɪ̯t\
The verdict
“Mahlzeit” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Repas, action de se nourrir pendant une période spécifiquement consacrée à cette activité.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mahlzeit · Mahlzeit · French
Mahlzeit · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Mahlzeit |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈmaːlˌt͡saɪ̯t\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
Mahlzeit is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈmaːlˌt͡saɪ̯t\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Mahlzeit, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Mahlzeit, spelled M-A-H-L-Z-E-I-T.
Definition
- 1Repas, action de se nourrir pendant une période spécifiquement consacrée à cette activité.
- 2Repas, nourriture préparée à cet effet.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Mahlzeit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Es ist eine Zeit des Hungers, zu essen gibt es nichts als Brot, Kartoffeln und vor allem Kascha, eine Buchweizengrütze, die bei den ärmeren Russen zu jeder Mahlzeit auf den Tisch kommt,
(Afghanistan) darbt, weil internationale Gelder eingefroren sind und die Islamisten sich bislang nicht durch eine passable Regierungsführung hervorgetan haben. Für Millionen Afghanen stellt sich die existenzielle Frage, wovon sie die nächste Mahlzeit bezahlen sollen.
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.