l
German, noun
l is spelled L (one letter) and appears 166 times per million words in written German, the 523rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). L is a German neuter noun meaning “alternative letter-case form of L” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, L is a different word: “L”. On this page, l. is a different word: “abbreviation of lies and of the Latin lege (imperatives both meaning…”.
What does l mean in English?
letter
- 1
neuterThe twelfth letter of the German alphabet, written in the Latin script.
noun
- 1
neuteralternative letter-case form of L
letter
- 1
neuterThe twelfth letter of the German alphabet, written in the Latin script.
noun
- 1
neuterL
noun
- 1
masculineabbreviation of Liter
- 2
masculineabbreviation of Läufer (“bishop”)
adverb
- 1
abbreviation of links
adjective
- 1
abbreviation of lateinisch
verb
- 1
abbreviation of lies and of the Latin lege (imperatives both meaning “read”)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
abbreviation: 1. links 2. lateinisch 3. lies (oder auch für lateinisch lege) 4. laut
letter: 1. zwölfter Buchstabe des lateinischen Alphabets
abbreviation: 1. Kennzeichen für Sellerie
letter: 1. Minuskel des 12. Buchstabens im lateinischen Alphabet
abbreviation: 1. erster Buchstabe eines Vor- oder Nachnamens; Initiale eines Namens 2. Ladung 3. Lady 4. Lage
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 l
- L uppercase
- ls plural
- l lowercase
- Ls plural
- not conjugated
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is l in German?
l appears 166 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).