Lahnstein
[ˈlaːnˌʃtaɪ̯n]
The verdict
“Lahnstein” is uncommon German (frequency #53,851 among 2,640 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,851
- frequency rank, German
- 2,640
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Geografie: eine Stadt am Mittelrhein, die einige Kilometer südlich von Koblenz an der Mündung der Lahn liegt
Corpus desk
Index DE-lahnstein · Lahnstein · German
Lahnstein · rank #53,851 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,851
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,640
- PHOTO-FINISH Ladengeschäft
Nearest frequency peer: Ladengeschäft (-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 „Lahnstein“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- köpft
köpft
46,153 corpus weight
- laboratory
laboratory
46,152 corpus weight
- Ladengeschä…
Ladengeschäft
46,151 corpus weight
- Lahnstein
Lahnstein
46,150 corpus weight
- Lampertheim
Lampertheim
46,148 corpus weight
- Landweg
Landweg
46,147 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Lahnstein“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lahnstein |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈlaːnˌʃtaɪ̯n] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #53,851 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Lahnstein“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Lahnstein is uncommon German at frequency #53,851 among 2,640 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈlaːnˌʃtaɪ̯n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Geografie: eine Stadt am Mittelrhein, die einige Kilometer südlich von Koblenz an der Mündung der Lahn liegt".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Lahnstein in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Lahnstein, spelled L-A-H-N-S-T-E-I-N.
Definition
- 1Geografie: eine Stadt am Mittelrhein, die einige Kilometer südlich von Koblenz an der Mündung der Lahn liegt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Lahnstein appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Lahnstein liegt auf der rechten Rheinseite.
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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