Lakai
German, noun/laˈkaɪ̯/
Lakai is spelled L-A-K-A-I (5 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 94,067th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lakai is a German masculine noun meaning “lackey” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “livrierter Diener”.
What does Lakai mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelackey
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. livrierter Diener 2. Ja-Sager, Heuchler, der etwas unterstützt, beziehungsweise nicht dagegen vorgeht
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Lakai
- Lakaien genitive
- Lakais common error-unknown-tag genitive
- Lakaiin feminine
- Lakaie alternative nonstandard
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Lakai?
- /laˈkaɪ̯/
- [laˈkaɪ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Lakai
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Lakai in German?
Lakai appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).