Klagelied
[ˈklaːɡəˌliːt]
The verdict
“Klagelied” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lied in der Form einer Klage
Corpus desk
Index DE-klagelied · Klagelied · German
Klagelied · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "K" 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 | Klagelied |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈklaːɡəˌliːt] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Klagelied“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Klagelied is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈklaːɡəˌliːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Klagelied in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Klagelied, spelled K-L-A-G-E-L-I-E-D.
Definition
- 1Lied in der Form einer Klage
- 2Religion, im Plural Klagelieder: Buch des Alten Testamentes, das die Zerstörung des Tempels (587 v. Chr.), den Verlust der staatlichen Unabhängigkeit Judas und die Gefangenschaft seiner Einwohner in Babylonien thematisiert. Dieses Buch wird häufig dem Propheten Jeremias zugeschrieben, was aber nach neueren Forschungen nicht mehr aufrechterhalten werden kann.
- 3literarische Gattung kurzer lyrischer Formen, deren Inhalt eine Klage ist
- 4allgemein: gleiche Bedeutung wie Klage
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Klagelied appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Klagelieder wurden lange Zeit dem Propheten Jeremia zugeschrieben.
„Kein Heldenlied erzählt von den Taten der Triumphierenden, kein Klagelied schildert die Leiden der Unterlegenen.“
Synonyms
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.