Jakobsleiter
German, noun/ˈjaːkɔpsˌlaɪ̯tɐ/
Jakobsleiter is spelled J-A-K-O-B-S-L-E-I-T-E-R (12 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written German, the 271,406th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Jakobsleiter is a German feminine noun meaning “Jacob's ladder” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die dem alttestamentarischen Patriarchen Jakob im Traum erschienene Himmelsleiter nach Genesis 28.12”.
What does Jakobsleiter mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineJacob's ladder
- 2
feminineJacob's ladder
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. die dem alttestamentarischen Patriarchen Jakob im Traum erschienene Himmelsleiter nach Genesis 28.12 2. eine Leiter aus Tauwerk mit hölzernen Sprossen 3. eine Gattung (Polemonium) aus der Familie der Sperrkrautgewächse (Polemoniaceae)
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 Jakobsleiter
- Jakobsleitern plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Jakobsleiter?
- /ˈjaːkɔpsˌlaɪ̯tɐ/
- [ˈjaːkɔpsˌlaɪ̯tɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Jakobsleiter in German?
Jakobsleiter appears about once in every 22 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).