meistern
\ˈmaɪ̯stɐn\
The verdict
“meistern” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - Maîtriser, surmonter.
Corpus desk
Index FR-meistern · meistern · French
meistern · 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 | meistern |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈmaɪ̯stɐn\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
meistern is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈmaɪ̯stɐn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Maîtriser, surmonter.".
No misspelling variants are generated for meistern in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 meistern, spelled M-E-I-S-T-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1Maîtriser, surmonter.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how meistern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wir kontrollieren die Situation und sind zuversichtlich, dass wir die Krise meistern können", sagte er laut der Nachrichtenagentur Reuters.
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.