Laib
[laɪ̯p]
The verdict
“Laib” is uncommon German (frequency #57,183 among 2,640 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,183
- frequency rank, German
- 2,640
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Zähleinheit für große, runde und geformte Dinge wie Brot oder Käse
Corpus desk
Index DE-laib · Laib · German
Laib · rank #57,183 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,183
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,640
- PHOTO-FINISH Küstenstadt
Nearest frequency peer: Küstenstadt (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Laib”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Kurzsichtig…
Kurzsichtigkeit
42,822 corpus weight
- kämpferisch…
kämpferischen
42,821 corpus weight
- Künstlername
Künstlername
42,820 corpus weight
- Küstenstadt
Küstenstadt
42,819 corpus weight
- Laib
Laib
42,818 corpus weight
- Landesarchiv
Landesarchiv
42,816 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Laib” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Laib |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [laɪ̯p] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #57,183 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Laib” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Rare enough to double-check
Laib is uncommon German at frequency #57,183 among 2,640 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [laɪ̯p]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Zähleinheit für große, runde und geformte Dinge wie Brot oder Käse".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Laib, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Laib, spelled L-A-I-B.
Definition
- 1Zähleinheit für große, runde und geformte Dinge wie Brot oder Käse
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Laib appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Auf dem Markt werde ich zwei Laibe Brot und einen halben Laib Gouda kaufen.
„Sie revanchierte sich mit einer Gegenanzeige, weil die gestohlenen beiden Laibe frisch gebacken waren.“
Antonyms
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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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