laggard
[ˈlæɡəd]
The verdict
“laggard” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemand, der sehr langsam ist, hinterherhinkt, verzögert
Corpus desk
Index DE-laggard · laggard · German
laggard · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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 | laggard |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈlæɡəd] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „laggard“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
laggard is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈlæɡəd]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemand, der sehr langsam ist, hinterherhinkt, verzögert".
No misspelling variants are generated for laggard in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 laggard, spelled L-A-G-G-A-R-D.
Definition
- 1jemand, der sehr langsam ist, hinterherhinkt, verzögert
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how laggard appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The government has been a laggard in responding to the new challenges.
Antonyms
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.