Leitlinie
German, noun[ˈlaɪ̯tˌliːni̯ə]
Leitlinie is a German feminine noun meaning “guideline, principle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “grundsätzliche Zielvorgabe”.
What does Leitlinie mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineguideline, principle
- 2
feminineclue
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. grundsätzliche Zielvorgabe 2. Bewegungsvorgabe, zum Beispiel die unterbrochene Fahrbahnmarkierung 3. bestimmende Kurve einer geometrischen Form, zum Beispiel die Symmetrieachse eines Kegelschnitts
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Leitlinie
- Leitlinien plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Leitlinie?
- [ˈlaɪ̯tˌliːni̯ə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Leitlinie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Leitlinie in German?
Leitlinie appears 1.2 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).