lamentieren
[lamɛnˈtiːʁən]
The verdict
“lamentieren” is uncommon German (frequency #74,809 among 2,640 “L” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,809
- frequency rank, German
- 2,640
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jammern, klagen
Corpus desk
Index DE-lamentieren · lamentieren · German
lamentieren · rank #74,809 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,809
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,640
- PHOTO-FINISH Landesteil
Nearest frequency peer: Landesteil (+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 „lamentieren“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Königreichen
Königreichen
25,198 corpus weight
- kühlere
kühlere
25,195 corpus weight
- lamentieren
lamentieren
25,192 corpus weight
- Landesteil
Landesteil
25,191 corpus weight
- Landschafts…
Landschaftsbilder
25,188 corpus weight
- lapis
lapis
25,187 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „lamentieren“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lamentieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [lamɛnˈtiːʁən] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #74,809 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „lamentieren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
lamentieren is uncommon German at frequency #74,809 among 2,640 “L” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [lamɛnˈtiːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jammern, klagen".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for lamentieren, 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, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is lamentieren, spelled L-A-M-E-N-T-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1jammern, klagen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lamentieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er lamentiert über alles und jedes.
„Wenn man in anderen Ländern auch gern und ausgiebig lamentiert, warum hängt der Nebel des Nörgelns so hartnäckig nur über deutschen Köpfen herum?“
Antonyms
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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