Ladendieb
[ˈlaːdn̩ˌdiːp]
The verdict
“Ladendieb” is uncommon German (frequency #66,423 among 2,640 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,423
- frequency rank, German
- 2,640
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die in einem Laden Gegenstände mit der Absicht wegnimmt, sich diese widerrechtlich zuzueignen
Corpus desk
Index DE-ladendieb · Ladendieb · German
Ladendieb · rank #66,423 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,423
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,640
- PHOTO-FINISH Ladenlokal
Nearest frequency peer: Ladenlokal (+1 rank slots)
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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Ladendieb“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- küren
küren
33,581 corpus weight
- Küstrin
Küstrin
33,580 corpus weight
- Ladendieb
Ladendieb
33,578 corpus weight
- Ladenlokal
Ladenlokal
33,577 corpus weight
- Landfrieden…
Landfriedensbruch
33,576 corpus weight
- landläufig
landläufig
33,574 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Ladendieb“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ladendieb |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈlaːdn̩ˌdiːp] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #66,423 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Ladendieb“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Ladendieb is uncommon German at frequency #66,423 among 2,640 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈlaːdn̩ˌdiːp]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Person, die in einem Laden Gegenstände mit der Absicht wegnimmt, sich diese widerrechtlich zuzueignen".
Zero misspellings are on record for Ladendieb in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Ladendieb, spelled L-A-D-E-N-D-I-E-B.
Definition
- 1Person, die in einem Laden Gegenstände mit der Absicht wegnimmt, sich diese widerrechtlich zuzueignen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Ladendieb appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ein Ladendieb hat im Supermarkt vier Eier gestohlen.
„Auch für mich ist der Onkel kein Ladendieb.“
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.
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).