Laban
[ˈlaːban]
The verdict
“Laban” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - auffallend große, schlanke männliche Person
Corpus desk
Index DE-laban · Laban · German
Laban · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" 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 | Laban |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈlaːban] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Laban“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Laban is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈlaːban]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "auffallend große, schlanke männliche Person".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Laban, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Laban, spelled L-A-B-A-N.
Definition
- 1auffallend große, schlanke männliche Person
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Laban appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Er scheute sich nicht vor einer Prügelei mit dem längsten Laban des Dorfes.“
„Sie stammt aus Groß Partwitz, die kleine Hummel, dürfen wir nicht vergessen, und der Großvater, der lange Laban, stammt aus Klein Partwitz.“
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.