Lachnummer

[ˈlaxˌnʊmɐ]

/[ˈlaxˌnʊmɐ]/ noun

The verdict

“Lachnummer” is an uncommon German word, ranked #50,654 in German word frequency and used as a noun.

#50,654
frequency rank, German
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Sache, Person oder Verhalten, über die/das man nur lachen kann; etwas, das man nicht ernst nimmt und über das man sich lustig macht

Key facts for Lachnummer
PropertyValue
HeadwordLachnummer
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈlaxˌnʊmɐ]
Letters10
Frequency rank#50,654
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Lachnummer” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Lachnummer lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Lachnummer is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈlaxˌnʊmɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #50,654 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Sache, Person oder Verhalten, über die/das man nur lachen kann; etwas, das man nicht ernst nimmt und über das man sich lustig macht".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Lachnummer in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Lachnummer, spelled L-A-C-H-N-U-M-M-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sache, Person oder Verhalten, über die/das man nur lachen kann; etwas, das man nicht ernst nimmt und über das man sich lustig macht

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Lachnummer"?
"Lachnummer" is spelled L-A-C-H-N-U-M-M-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈlaxˌnʊmɐ].
What does "Lachnummer" mean?
As a noun, "Lachnummer" means: Sache, Person oder Verhalten, über die/das man nur lachen kann; etwas, das man nicht ernst nimmt und über das man sich lustig macht
How do you pronounce "Lachnummer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Lachnummer" is [ˈlaxˌnʊmɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Lachnummer" come from?
"Lachnummer" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “Lachnummer”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is L-A-C-H-N-U-M-M-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈlaxˌnʊmɐ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list